Section 118: Further powers of District Magistrates

118. Further powers of District Magistrates (1) A District Magistrate may, and may be required to, even in a district which has not been assigned to him— (a) issue a warrant to apprehend a party charged, or a search warrant; (b) take bail for the appearance of a party arrested before the proper Court; (c) take and receive any dying declaration; (d) take and receive the deposition of a witness in the presence of a party charged with any offence specified in section 116; (e) order the performance of a post-mortem examination, and, for the purpose of such examination, order the body of a person which has already been interred to be disinterred. (2) Any act done under subsection (1) shall be as valid as if it has been done by a Magistrate to whom the district in which the act is done has been assigned. (3) Nothing in this section shall authorise a Magistrate to hear a case or to make an inquiry in any district which has not been assigned to him. C54 – 31 [Issue 1] Courts Act Sub-Part III – Miscellaneous