CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973
BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023
55. Procedure when police officer deputes subordinate to arrest without warrant
55. Procedure when police officer deputes subordinate to arrest without warrant
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CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973
55. Procedure when police officer deputes subordinate to arrest without warrant.—(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.
Legacy / repealed by BNSS India Code — CrPC 1973
BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023
55. Procedure when police officer deputes subordinate to arrest without warrant.—(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.
Current law India Code — BNSS 2023