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Section 127: Arrest of offenders failing to give names.

The Maharashtra Prohibition ActState Act of Maharashtra · Act 25 of 1949

(1) When any person who in the presence of the [Commissioner], Collector or any Prohibition Officer not below such rank as the [State] Government may determine, has committed or has been accused of committing an offence under this Act, refuses on demand of such officer to give his name and residence or gives a name and residence which such officer has reason to believe to be false, he may be arrested by such officer, in order that his name or residence may be ascertained.

(2) When the true name and residence of such person have been ascertained, he shall be released on his executing a bond with or without sureties, to appear before [a Magistrate having jurisdiction] when so required :

Provided that if such person is not resident in [India], the bond shall be secured, by a surety or sureties residing in [India]

(3) If the true name and residence of such person is not ascertained within twenty-four hours from the time of the arrest, or if he fails to execute the bond, or if so required, to furnish sufficient sureties, he shall forthwith be forwarded to the nearest Magistrate having jurisdiction

Where this provision sits

ActThe Maharashtra Prohibition Act
Section127
Marginal noteArrest of offenders failing to give names.
JurisdictionState of Maharashtra
StatusIn force as published by the source

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