Section 31: Powers of arrest and seizure.

The Bombay Diseases of Animals Act, 1948.State Act of Maharashtra · Act 59 of 1948

[31. Powers of arrest and seizers.- (1) Any police officer, not below the rank of sub-inspector, may, without an order from a magistrate and without a warrant, arrest any person for whose arrest a requisition has been received from an Inspector or a Veterinary Surgeon, provided that the requisition specifies the person to be arrested, and the offence punishable under this Act in which such person has been concerned.

(2) Such police officer may seize any animal in respect of which an offence has been committed, and shall without delay obtain the orders of a judicial magistrate for its custody.]

Where this provision sits

Act	The Bombay Diseases of Animals Act, 1948.
Section	31
Marginal note	Powers of arrest and seizure.
Jurisdiction	State of Maharashtra
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, Mah. 3 of 1960. Section 31 was substituted for the original by Mah. 3 of 1960, s. 14.

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