Section 58: Arrest, search, etc., how to be made

The Karnataka Excise Act, 1965State Act of Karnataka · Act 21 of 1965

Any person arrested under this Act shall be informed, as soon as may be, of the grounds for such arrest and save as in this Act otherwise expressly provided, the provisions of the 1[Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973]1, relating to arrest, detention in custody, searches, summonses, warrants of arrests, search-warrants, the production of persons arrested and the disposal of things seized, shall apply, as far as may be, to all action taken in these respects under this Act:

2[Provided that no search shall be deemed to be irregular by reason only of the fact that witnesses for the search are not inhabitants of the locality in which the place searched is situated.]2

1. Substituted by Act 32 of 1982 w.e.f. 04.09.1982.

2. Inserted by Act 1 of 1971 w.e.f. 07.08.1980.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Karnataka Excise Act, 1965
Section	58
Marginal note	Arrest, search, etc., how to be made
Jurisdiction	State of Karnataka
Status	In force as published by the source

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