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(1) If the Compctcnl Authority specilicd in sub-secdon (2) has regwjing ccnun reason to bclicvt: hat any offencepunishablc undcr section 5 or section I0 O~(C"CCS. or undcr cIausz (a) of sub-seclion (2) of section 12 has been committed il shall be Ihe duty of the Compctcnt Authority to cause such enquiries to be made and such proseculions lo be insututed as the circurnslanccs of h e casc may appcar to him to require. (2) The Competcnr Aulhority for the purpose of sub-section ( I ) shall bc- (a) in reference lo an clechn ?* " * * * under [he Bengal Municipal Act, 1932 "or undcr h e Chandernagore w,,, 8,". Municipal Act, 19551, the District Magistrate; and Act X V l of