Section 85: Procedure and conditions of naval custody.

The Navy Act, 1957Central Act · Act 62 of 1957

(1) No person subject to naval law who is arrested under this Act shall be detained in naval custody without being informed, as soon as may be, of the grounds for such arrest.

(2) Every person subject to naval law who is arrested and detained in naval custody shall be produced before his commanding officer or other officer prescribed in this behalf within a period of forty-eight hours of such arrest excluding the time necessary for the journey from the place of arrest to such commanding or other officer and no such person shall be detained in custody beyond the said period without the authority of such commanding or other officer.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Navy Act, 1957
Section	85
Marginal note	Procedure and conditions of naval custody.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source

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