Section 43: Power to arrest for offence under section 42

The Karnataka Prisons Act, 1963State Act of Karnataka · Act 33 of 1963

When any person, in the presence of an officer of a prison commits any offence specified in section 42 and refuses on demand of such officer to state his name and residence or gives his name or residence which such officer knows or has reason to believe to be false, such officer may arrest him and shall, without unnecessary delay, make him over to a Police Officer and thereupon such Police Officer shall proceed as if the offence had been committed in his presence.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Karnataka Prisons Act, 1963
Section	43
Marginal note	Power to arrest for offence under section 42
Jurisdiction	State of Karnataka
Status	In force as published by the source

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