Place of inquiry or trial. 198. (a) When it is uncertain in which of several local areas an offence was committed; or (b) where an offence is committed partly in one local area and partly in another; or (c) where an offence is a continuing one, and continues to be committed in more local areas … Read more
CHAPTER XIV JURISDICTION OF THE CRIMINAL COURTS IN INQUIRIES AND TRIALS Ordinary place of inquiry and trial. 197. Every offence shall ordinarily be inquired into and tried by a Court within whose local jurisdiction it was committed.
Inquiry by Magistrate into cause of death. 196. (1) When the case is of the nature referred to in clause (i) or clause (ii) of sub-section (3) of section 194, the nearest Magistrate empowered to hold inquests shall, and in any other case mentioned in sub-section (1) of section 194, any Magistrate so empowered may … Read more