Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
4 (c) attest any such document required by or under any law for the time being in force to be attested by a Magistrate, and un til the contrary is proved, any certificate so issued shall be presumed to be correct and any document so verb fied shall be deemed to be duly verified and any document so attested shall be deemed to have been as fully attested as if he had been a Magistrate. l' u ti e s of 22B.(1) Subject to such rules as may be made by hsti cesof the State Governm ent, every Justice of the Peace for ti t Peace, a n y Jo c a J a r e a sh a ll— (a) on receipt of information o f the occurrence of any incident involving a breach o f the peace, or of the commission of any offence within such local area, forthwith make inquiries in to the matter and re port in writing the result of his inquiries to the nearest Magistrate and to the ofiicer-in-charge of the nearest police station ; (b) if the offence referred to in clause (a) is a cognizable offence, also prevent the removal of anything from or the inter ference in any way with, the place of occurrence of the offence ; (c) when so requested in writing by a Police Officer making an investigation under Ch apter XIV in respect of any offence com mitted within such local area,—- (i) render all assistance to the Police Officer making such an investigation, (ii) record any statement made under expec tation of death by a person in respect of whom a crime is believed to have been committed. (2) The provisions of sub-section (2) of section 164 relating to the manner of recording statements shall, as far as may be, apply to the recording of a statement under sub-clause (ii) of clause (c) of sub section (1) as if the statement were recorded by a Magistrate of the first class.” k r 5 Repeal of