When in a street or a place of public resort a person is in possession or suspected to be in possession of any article, which a police officer in good persons in faith suspects to be stolen property, such police officer may search such person and 11 may require an account in relation to any article found in his possession and if the account given by the possessor is manifestly false or suspicious, may detain such article after giving a ~eceipt in the prescribed form and report the facts to a Magistrate having jurisdiction in the matter, who st;tall, thereupon, proceed according to the provisions of Sections 457,458 and 459 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.
Section 20: Power to search suspected persons in streets etc.
Odisha Urban Police Act, 2003State Act of Odisha · Act 8 of 2007
Where this provision sits
| Act | Odisha Urban Police Act, 2003 |
|---|---|
| Section | 20 |
| Marginal note | Power to search suspected persons in streets etc. |
| Jurisdiction | State of Odisha |
| Status | In force as published by the source |
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