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(1) If in the opinion of such medical officer person arrested has S[attained the age of eighteen s, he shall, without delay, be prodc:ced before a gistrate] together with the certificate ant! a report be '[,iehreen by a Police officer of the facts oft he case. (2) The Magistrate shall make a summary inquiry into the facts of the case and the circumstances and the character of the person produced before him. (3) During such inquiry t1.s Magistrate shall to such person the f ~ c ~ s nlleged against him in the Police report and record :my statement which he muy wish to make with refcrerzcz :hereto. (4) If such persoil disp~ire. the correctness of the I'olice report in any mr.1erial *.c\pect, the Magist- r;lte sll:ill proceed :is l~rarly : s li;:?! be in accordance Cc,,trL,l Act the procediire laid down fi:r ~ i l e trial of stunrnons b- of ISYS. cases, in tile Code of Cri~ninal i'r,>crtdure, I898*. _-_- --- --- -- r T],cje wold> uPct: subsritclted ror th: \\~.rd and figures “under 16" bv ,cction7 ( ~ ) o f t h TumllYndx Prcic -:t,>n of Begging (Amend. rnent);\ct, 1954( ramil Nadu Act 40 of l9b-ll. z These were substitttted for tllc ivords "sixteen years" by section 7 (ii), !bid. 3 This exprecsion was inserted by section 3 of the Tamil ~ a d u I'reventlon of Begging (Amendment) Act, 1973 (Tamil Nadu Act 28 of 1973). 4 ~11csc words were substirllrcn for the fig~res and words ct 16 over " by section 8 (i) of rhc Tamil Nadu Prevention of Begging (Amendment) Act, 1964 (Tamil Nadu Act 40 of 1964). 5 These words were substituted for the words attained the age of '* ~ixteenyenrs,hc shall without delay be produced beforea Sub-divisional Megistrate or a Magistrate of the first or second-class specially authorised by the State Government in rhis behalt"' by section 8 (jj ibld. * See now. the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CaFtn~l of 1974). I 1945 ; T.N. Act xm] Prevention of Begging 935