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

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

Statutory text

(1) When any officer in
charge  of  a  police  station  or  any  police  officer  making  an  investigation  under  Chapter  XII  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 41.

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