If any Magistrate not empowered by law to do any of the following things, namely.
(a) To issue a search-warrant under section 94;
(b) To order, under section 155, the police to investigate an offence;
(c) To hold an inquest under section 176;
(d) To issue process under section 187, for the apprehension of a person within his local jurisdiction who has committed an offence outside the limits of such jurisdiction;
(e) To take cognizance of an offence under clause (a) or clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 190;
(f) To make over a case under sub-section (2) of section 192;
(g) To tender a pardon under section 306;
(h) To recall a case and try it himself under section 410; or
(i) To sell property under section 458 or section 459,
erroneously in good faith does that thing; his proceedings shall not be set-aside merely on the ground of his not being so empowered.