law: The Extradition Act, 1962
  5. Order for magisterial
  
  inquiry.
  Where such requisition
  
  is made, the Central Government may, if it thinks fit, issue an order to any
  
  magistrate who would have had jurisdiction to inquire into the offence if it
  
  had been an offence committed within the local limits of his jurisdiction,
  
  directing him to inquire into the case.