CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973
BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023
73. Warrant may be directed to any person
75. Warrant may be directed to any person
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CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973
73. Warrant may be directed to any person.—(1) The Chief Judicial Magistrate or a Magistrate of the first
class may direct a warrant to any person within his local jurisdiction for the arrest of any escaped convict,
proclaimed offender or of any person who is accused of a non-bailable offence and is evading arrest.
(2) Such person shall acknowledge in writing the receipt of the warrant, and shall execute it if the person for
whose arrest it was issued, is in, or enters on, any land or other property under his charge.
(3) When the person against whom such warrant is issued is arrested, he shall be made over with the warrant to
the nearest police officer, who shall cause him to be taken before a Magistrate having jurisdiction in the case, unless
security is taken under section 71.
Legacy / repealed by BNSS India Code — CrPC 1973
BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023
75. Warrant may be directed to any person.—(1) The Chief Judicial Magistrate or a Magistrate of
the first class may direct a warrant to any person within his local jurisdiction for the arrest of any escaped
convict, proclaimed offender or of any person who is accused of a non-bailable offence and is evading
arrest.
(2) Such person shall acknowledge in writing the receipt of the warrant, and shall execute it if the person
for whose arrest it was issued, is in, or enters on, any land or other property under his charge.
(3) When the person against whom such warrant is issued is arrested, he shall be made over with the
warrant to the nearest police officer, who shall cause him to be taken before a Magistrate having jurisdiction
in the case, unless security is taken under section 73.
Current law India Code — BNSS 2023