Cr.P.C Section 22B

Duties of Justices of the Peace.

Subject to such rules as may be made by the Provincial Government, every Justice of the Peace for any local area shall—

(a) on receipt of information of the occurrence of any incident involving a breach of the peace, or of the commission of any offence within such local area, forthwith make inquiries into the matter and report in writing the result of his inquiries to the nearest Magistrate and to the officer in charge of the nearest police station;

(b) if the offence referred to in clause (a) is a cognizable offence, also prevent the removal of anything from, or the interference in any way with, the place of occurrence of the offence;

(c) when so requested in writing by a police officer making an investigation under Chapter XIV in respect of any offence committed within such local area—

(i) render all assistance to the police officer in making such an investigation;

(ii) record any statement made under expectation of death by a person in respect of whom a crime is believed to have been committed.