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Section 20: Power to arrest without warrant

The Karnataka Traffic Control Act, 1960State Act of Karnataka · Act 18 of 1960

(1) A police officer in uniform may arrest without warrant,—

(a) any person who being required under the provisions of this Act to give his name and address refuses to do so, or gives a name and address which the police officer has reason to believe to be false, or

(b) any person concerned in an offence under this Act or reasonably suspected to have been so concerned, if the police officer has reason to believe that he will abscond or otherwise avoid the service of summons.

(c) A police officer or other authority arresting without warrant the driver of a vehicle or animal shall, if the circumstances so require, take or cause to be taken any steps he may consider proper for the temporary custody of the vehicle or animal.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Karnataka Traffic Control Act, 1960
Section20
Marginal notePower to arrest without warrant
JurisdictionState of Karnataka
StatusIn force as published by the source

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