Tamil Nadu Prohibition Act Section 49 — Powers of Police or Prohibition Officer to cause attendance of witnesses before Magistrate.- When a Police or Prohibition Officer forwards in custody any person accused of an offence against this Act to the Magistrate having jurisdiction to inquire into to try the case or admits him to bail to appear before such Magistrate, such officer shall exercise all the powers conferred by the [Code of Criminal Procedure,1973 (Central Act 2 of 1974)]. On an officer in-charge of a police station in respect to causing the appearance before such Magistrate of such persons acquainted with the facts and circumstances of the
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case as he considers it necessary, then such Magistrate shall examine as witnesses for the prosecution of such case.