BNSS 55 — Procedure when police officer deputes subordinate to arrest without warrant.

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

Statutory text

(1) When any
officer  in  charge  of  a  police  station  or  any  police  officer  making  an  investigation  under  Chapter  XIII
requires  any  officer  subordinate  to  him  to  arrest  without  a  warrant  (otherwise  than  in  his  presence)  any
person who may lawfully be arrested without a warrant, he shall deliver to the officer required to make the
arrest an order in writing, specifying the person to be arrested and the offence or other cause for which the
arrest is to be made and the officer so required shall, before making the arrest, notify to the person to be
arrested the substance of the order and, if so required by such person, shall show him the order.
(2)  Nothing  in  sub-section  (1)  shall  affect  the  power of  a  police  officer  to  arrest  a person  under
section 35.

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