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Save as otherwise expressly provided in this Act, all investigations, arrests, detentions in custody and searches shall be made in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 : Provided that 5[***** ] no search shall be deemed to be illegal by reason only of the fact that witnesses for the search were not inhabitants of the locality in which the place searched is situated. 6[117A. (1) If the Commissioner of Police or the District Superintendent of Police, as the case may be, considers that in any gram, nagar, municipal borough or city, or in any locality thereof it is necessary to have a list of local persons liable to serve as pancha witnesses for searches made and for such other purposes connected with the investigation of offences under this Act, the Commissioner of Police or the District Superintendent of Police, as the case may be, may request the gram panchayat, the nagar panchayat, the municipality, or the municipal corporation, of such gram, nagar, municipal borough or city respectively to prepare and maintain such list for such gram, nagar, municipal borough, city or any locality thereof, and thereupon it shall be the duty of such panchayat, munici- pality or municipal corporation to prepare and maintain such list.