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Section 32: Authority to order arrest

Border Security Force Rule, 1969Central Rules · 1968

(1) No person subject to this Act shall be arrested on a charge under the Act except under and in accordance with the orders of a superior officer having power of command over him.

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub--rule (1) any person subject to the Act may be placed under arrest by any superior officer :-

(a) if he commits an offence against such superior officer, or

(b) if he commits an offence in the view of such superior officer, or

(c) if he is behaving in a disorderly manner and the said superior officer considers it necessary to place such a person under arrest with a view to stop such disorderly behavior.

(3) A superior officer effecting arrest under sub-rule (2) shall as soon as possible, and in any case within twenty four hours of such arrest send a report to the Commandant of the battalion or unit of which the person arrested is a member and in case of the arrest BSF RULES 89 of an officer of and above the rank of Commandant, to his immediate superior officer.

Where this provision sits

ActBorder Security Force Rule, 1969
Section32
Marginal noteAuthority to order arrest
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

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