Section 4: Arrest without warrant.

The Jammu and Kashmir Prevention of Beggary Act, 1960Union territory Act of Jammu and Kashmir · Act 40 of 1960

(1) Any Police Officer or other person authorised in this behalf by the District Magistrate may arrest without a warrant any person who is found begging.

(2) The provisions of [section 57 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974)], shall apply to every arrest under this section, and the officer-in-charge of the Police Station shall cause the arrested person to be kept in the prescribed manner until he can be brought before the Court.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Jammu and Kashmir Prevention of Beggary Act, 1960
Section	4
Marginal note	Arrest without warrant.
Jurisdiction	Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir
Status	In force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

substituted. Substituted by S.O. 1229(E) dated 31.03.2020 for “section 61 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, Svt. 1989”.

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