BNSS Section 172: Persons bound to conform to lawful directions of police
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Chapter 12: Preventive Action of the Police
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¶172.
(1) All persons shall be bound to conform to the lawful directions of a police officer given in fulfilment of any of his duty under this Chapter.
¶(2) A police officer may detain or remove any person resisting, refusing, ignoring or disregarding to conform to any direction given by him under sub-section (1) and may either take such person before a Magistrate or, in petty cases, release him as soon as possible within a period of twenty-four hours.
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