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Section 64: Power to arrest without warrant

The Rajasthan Forest Act, 1953State Act of Rajasthan · Act 13 of 1953

(1) Any Forest Officer or Police Officer may, without orders from a Magistrate and without a warrant, arrest any person against whom a reasonable suspicion exists of his having been concerned in any forest offence punishable with imprisonment for one month or upwards.

(2) Every Officer making an arrest under this section shall, without unnecessary delay and subject to the provisions of this Act as to release on bond, take or send the person arrested before the Magistrate having jurisdiction in the case, or to the Officer in charge of the nearest police station.

(3) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to authorise such arrest for any act which is an office under Chapter IV unless such act has been prohibited under clause (c) of Section 30.

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ActThe Rajasthan Forest Act, 1953
Section64
Marginal notePower to arrest without warrant
JurisdictionState of Rajasthan
StatusIn force as published by the source

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