State Act
Section 63. Enquiry in cased for warded by magistrates
THE UNITED PROVINCES PANCHAYAT RAJ ACT, 1947
This Act was repealed on a date we do not have by the Uttarakhand Panchayati Raj Act, 2016 (Uttarakhand Act 11 of 2016), s.194(1); it may still apply to matters that began before then.
[63- Notwithstanding anything in the Code of Criminal Procedure, [1973]5 a Magistrate may direct an enquiry referred to in section 202 of the Code to be made by a Nyaya Panchayat in a criminal case in which the offence was committed within the territorial jurisdiction of such Nyaya Panchayat and the Nyaya Panchayat shall enquire into the case and submit its report to the said Magistrate. On the receipt of the directions the Sarpanch or Sahayak Sarpanch and in their absence the Panch mentioned in section 75, shall entrust it to a Bench formed under section 49.]4