(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (46 of 2023), any officer authorised under section 15 may enter any place, whether physical or digital, and search and arrest without warrant any person found therein who is reasonably suspected of having committed or of committing or of being about to commit any offence under this Act.
(2) Where any person is arrested under sub-section (1) by an officer other than a police officer as referred to in sub-section (1), such officer shall, without unnecessary delay, take or send the person arrested before a magistrate having jurisdiction in the case or before the officer-in-charge of a police station.
(3) The provisions of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (46 of 2023) shall, subject to the provisions of this section, apply, so far as may be, in relation to any entry, search or arrest made under this section.
Explanation.---For the purposes of this section, "any place" shall include any premises, building, vehicle, computer resource, virtual digital space, electronic records or electronic storage device and the officer may, if necessary, gain access to such computer resource, virtual digital space, electronic records or electronic storage device by overriding any access control or security code, where such code thereof is not available.