Section 19-3-9 - Proceedings before magistrate. - New Mexico Statutes

19-3-9. [Proceedings before magistrate.]

The justice of the peace [magistrate] before whom complaint shall have been  made for a violation of the two foregoing sections [19-3-7, 19-3-8 NMSA 1978], shall immediately enter upon the due investigation of the same, as by law required in the case of other offenses, and shall transmit his proceedings to the proper  court.