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Section 36: Procedure of arrest and duties of officer making arrest.

The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023Central Act · Act 46 of 2023

Every police officer while making an arrest shall—

(a) bear an accurate, visible and clear identification of his name which will facilitate easy identification;

(b) prepare a memorandum of arrest which shall be—

(i) attested by at least one witness, who is a member of the family of the person arrested or a respectable member of the locality where the arrest is made;

(ii) countersigned by the person arrested; and

(c) inform the person arrested, unless the memorandum is attested by a member of his family, that he has a right to have a relative or a friend or any other person named by him to be informed of his arrest.

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ActThe Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Section36
Marginal noteProcedure of arrest and duties of officer making arrest.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source
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