(2) No police-officer shall investigate a non-cognizable case without the order of a Magistrate of the first or second class having power to try such case or 1[send] the same for trial 2[***].
(3) Any police-officer receiving such order may exercise the same powers in respect of the investigation (except the power to arrest without warrant) as an officer in charge of a police-station may exercise in a cognizable case.
1
The word "send" was substituted, for the word "commit" by section 2 and Schedule of the Law Reforms Ordinance, 1978 (Ordinance No. XLIX of 1978)
