(1) If any police officer sees any person committing an offence against any of the provisions of this Act or of any rule or bye-law made under it, he shall, if the name and address of such person are unknown to him, and if the said person on demand declines to give his name and address, or gives a name and address which such officer has reason to believe to be false, arrest such person.
(2) No person arrested under sub-section (1) shall be detained in custody,-
(a) after his true name and address are ascertained, or Duties of Police Officers.
Power of police officers to arrest persons.
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Act III of 1889.
Application of Term of ‘Public Servant’ to Municipal Officers, Agents and Sub-Agents.
Central Act 45 of 1860.
Prohibition against removal of mark.
Prohibition against removal or obliteration of notice.
Prohibition against unauthorized dealings with public place or materials.
(b) without the order of a Magistrate for any longer time, not exceeding twenty-four (24) hours from the hour of arrest than is necessary for bringing him before a Magistrate.
282. The Government may empower any municipal officer or employee or any class of municipal officers or employees to exercise the powers of police officer for the purposes of this Act and of the Telangana Towns Nuisances Act, 1889.
MISCELLANEOUS
283. Every municipal officer or employee, every contractor or agent, for the collection of any municipal tax, fee or other sum due to the Municipality, and every person employed by any such contractor or agent for the collection of such tax, fee or sum, shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.
284. No person shall remove any mark set up for the purpose of indicating any level or direction incidental to the execution of any work authorised by this Act or by any bye law, rule or order made under it.
285. No person shall, without authority in that behalf, remove, destroy, deface or otherwise obliterate, any notice exhibited by, or under the orders of the Municipality or the Commissioner or other officer authorized by him on this behalf.
286. No person shall, without authority in that behalf, remove earth, sand or other material or deposit any matter or make any encroachment from, in, or on, any land vested in the Municipality, or river, estuary, canal, backwater or water course, not being private property or, in any way, obstruct the same.
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