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(1) When any Magistrate not empowered to exericise the powers of a B o d wcdbya under-this Act is of opidon that a penon brought berore him under any of the Magishate ProvlsIons of thrs Act (otherwise f h n for the purposc of giving evidence) 1s a , > not Won- chtld. h e shall record such opinion and f o ~ a r d the child and the record of the . , , ered rmda ~roceedlng to the competent authority ,having jurisdiction over the *roceeding,. , ' (2) The competent authority to which the proceeding is fdrwarded under sub-section (I) shall hold the inquiry as if the child had o r l g d y been brought before it. Chltdren's