Withdrawal of powers

⁶⁷[(1)The Government may withdraw all or any of the powers conferred under this Code on any person by it or by any officer subordinate to it:

Provided that where the conferring of a power is, under this code, required to be made in consultation with the High Court Division, the withdrawal thereof shall be made in consultation with that Court.

(2) Any powers conferred by the Chief Judicial Magistrate or the District Magistrate may be withdrawn by the chief Judicial Magistrate or the District Magistrate respectively.]

⁶⁷ Section 41 was substituted for section 41 by section 19 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act No. XXXII of 2009) (with effect from 1st November, 2007).