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(1) Whenever any person is arrested and detained in custody, and it appears that the investigation cannot be completed within the period of twenty-four hours fixed by section 58, and there are grounds for believing that the accusation or information is well-founded, the officer in charge of the police station or the police officer making the investigation, if he is not below the rank of sub-inspector, shall forthwith transmit to the nearest Magistrate a copy of the entries in the diary hereinafter specified relating to the case, and shall at the same time forward the accused to such Magistrate. (2) The Magistrate to whom an accused person is forwarded under this section may, irrespective of whether he has or has no jurisdiction to try the case, after taking into consideration whether such person has not been released on bail or his bail has been cancelled, authorise, from time to time, the detention of the accused in such custody as such Magistrate thinks fit, for a term not exceeding fifteen days in the whole, or in parts, at any time during the initial forty days or sixty days out of detention period of sixty days or ninety days, as the case may be, as provided in sub-section (3), and if he has no jurisdiction to try the case or commit it for trial, and considers further detention unnecessary, he may order the accused to be forwarded to a Magistrate having such jurisdiction. (3) The Magistrate may authorise the detention of the accused person, beyond the period of fifteen days, if he is satisfied that adequate grounds exist for doing so, but no Magistrate shall authorise the detention of the accused person in custody under this sub-section for a total period exceeding— When officer in charge of police station may require another to issue search- warrant. Procedure when investigation cannot be completed in twenty-four hours. Sec. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY 59 ___________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ Sec. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY 59 (꯴) ꯁꯥꯟꯍꯤꯇꯥ ꯑꯁꯤꯒꯤꯁꯔꯆ-ꯋꯥꯔꯦꯟ꯭ꯇꯁꯤꯡꯒꯤꯃꯇꯥꯡꯗꯄꯤꯔꯤꯕꯀꯥꯡꯂꯣꯟꯁꯤꯡꯑꯃꯁꯨꯡꯁꯦꯛꯁꯟ103ꯗꯌꯥꯎꯕ ꯁꯔꯆꯁꯤꯡꯒꯤꯃꯇꯥꯡꯗꯄꯤꯔꯤꯕꯃꯤꯌꯥꯝꯒꯤꯑꯣꯏꯕꯀꯥꯡꯂꯣꯟꯁꯤꯡꯑꯁꯤ, ꯁꯦꯛꯁꯟꯑꯁꯤꯒꯤꯃꯈꯥꯗꯊꯤꯕꯑꯃꯗ, ꯌꯥꯔꯤꯕꯃꯈꯩ ꯆꯠꯅꯍꯟꯒꯅꯤ꯫ (꯵) ꯁꯕ-ꯁꯦꯛꯁꯟ(꯱) ꯅꯠꯇ꯭ꯔꯒꯁꯕ-ꯁꯦꯛꯁꯟ(꯳) ꯒꯤꯃꯈꯥꯗꯁꯦꯝꯈꯤꯕꯔꯦꯀꯣꯔ ꯭ ꯗꯑꯃꯍꯦꯛꯇꯒꯤꯀꯣꯄꯤꯁꯤꯡꯑꯗꯨꯊꯨꯅ, ꯑꯗꯨꯕꯨꯄꯨꯡꯅꯤꯐꯨꯅꯤꯄꯥꯜꯒꯤꯃꯇꯨꯡꯗꯑꯣꯏꯗ꯭ꯔꯕꯗꯤ, ꯃꯔꯥꯜꯑꯗꯨꯒꯤꯃꯇꯥꯡꯗꯈꯪꯗꯣꯛꯅꯕꯁꯛꯇꯤꯂꯩꯕꯈ꯭ꯋꯥꯏꯗꯒꯤꯅꯛꯄ ꯃꯦꯖꯤꯁꯇ꯭ꯔꯦꯠꯗꯊꯥꯔꯛꯀꯅꯤ, ꯑꯃꯁꯨꯡꯊꯤꯗꯣꯛꯂꯕꯃꯐꯝꯑꯗꯨꯒꯤꯃꯄꯨꯅꯠꯇ꯭ꯔꯒꯂꯧꯁꯤꯟꯕꯃꯤꯑꯣꯏꯑꯗꯨꯅ, ꯍꯥꯏꯖꯔꯛꯄꯗ, ꯃꯦꯖꯤꯁꯇ꯭ꯔꯦꯠꯅꯃꯗꯨꯒꯤꯀꯣꯄꯤꯑꯃꯒꯂꯣꯏꯅꯅꯁꯦꯜꯊꯤꯗꯅꯄꯤꯒꯅꯤ꯫