9. Subject to and in accordance with the provisions of this Code every Magistrate's Court shall have-
| (a) power and authority and is hereby required to hear, try, determine, and dispose of in a summary way all suits or prosecutions for offences committed wholly or in part within its local jurisdiction, which offences by this Code or any other law in force are made cognizable by a Magistrate's Court or District Court; |
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| (b) jurisdiction -
| | (i) to inquire into all offences committed or allege to have been committed wholly or in part within its local jurisdiction or in relation to which jurisdiction is by this Code given to such court to inquire into, to summon and examine all witnesses touching such offences and to issue warrants and other processes to apprehend and summon all criminals and offenders and deal with them according to law; and to issue search warrants and to require sureties for the peace. | | |
| | (ii) to issue warrants to search or to cause to be searched all places wherein any stolen goods or any goods, articles, or things with which or in respect of which any offence has been committed are alleged to be kept or concealed, and to require persons to furnish security for the peace or for their good behaviour according to law ; and To inquire into cases of sudden or accidental death. | | |
| | (iii) to inquire into all cases in which any person shall die in any prison or mental or leprosy hospital or shall come to his death by violence or accident, or when death shall have occurred suddenly, or when the body of any person shall be found dead without its being known how such person came by his death. | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts