BNSS 36 — Procedure of arrest and duties of officer making arrest.

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

Statutory text

Every police officer while making an
arrest shall—
(a)  bear  an  accurate,  visible  and  clear  identification  of his  name  which  will facilitate  easy
identification;
(b) prepare a memorandum of arrest which shall be—
(i) attested by at least one witness, who is a member of the family of the person arrested or a
respectable member of the locality where the arrest is made;
(ii) countersigned by the person arrested; and
(c) inform the person arrested, unless the memorandum is attested by a member of his family, that
he has a right to have a relative or a friend or any other person named by him to be informed of his
arrest.

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