(1) When any person is arrested under the provisions of section 40, 41, 44 or 45, the person arresting him shall, unless bail shall have been accepted under the provisions of section 40, 41 or 44, forthwith forward him, to the officer in charge of the nearest police station or to a Prohibition Officer, with a report of the circumstances under which such arrest was made.
(2) On any such person being brought to a police station as aforesaid, the officer in charge thereof shall either admit him to bail to appear, when summoned, before himself, or before the Prohibition Officer, if any, or Centra] Act 2 oi
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Arrest of persdn refusing to give name or ' giving false name.
Searches how to be made.
Duty of officials of all departments and local bodies to assist.
Offences to be reported, etc.
Landholders and others to give information.
Persons arrested how to be dealt with.
134 T H E GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART II— any Police Officer within the limits of the jurisdiction of which Prohibition Officer or Police Officer, the offence with which he is charged is suspected to have been committed or, in default of bail, shall forward him in custody to such officer.
(3) On any such person being brought in custody before a Prohibition Officer or Police Officer as aforesaid or appearing before such officer on bail, or when such officer as aforesaid has himself made the arrest, such officer shall hold such inquiry as he may think necessary and shall either release such person, or forward him in custody to, or admit him to bail to appear before, the Magistrate having jurisdiction to inquire Into or try the case:
Provided that if such inquiry is not commenced and completed on the day on which such person is arrested by or is brought, or appears, before such officer, he shall if sufficient bail be tendered for the appearance of the person arrested, admit such person to bail to appear on any subsequent day before himself or any other officer having jurisdiction to inquire into the case.
51. It shall be the duty of any officer arresting any person under the powers conferred byj section 40 or 41 and of any officer in charge of a police station or any Police Officer or Prohibition Officer before whom a person arrested is brought or appears under the provisions of section 50 to release such person on bail if sufficient bail be tendered for his appearance before a Police Officer or Prohibition Officer or before a Magistrate, as the case may be.