BNSS Section 55: Procedure when police officer deputes subordinate to arrest without warrant
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Chapter 5: Arrest of Persons
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55. (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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Other sections in this chapter
- 35. When police may arrest without warrant
- 36. Procedure of arrest and duties of officer making arrest
- 37. Designated police officer
- 38. Right of arrested person to meet an advocate of his choice during interrogation
- 39. Arrest on refusal to give name and residence
- 40. Arrest by private person and procedure on such arrest
- 41. Arrest by Magistrate
- 42. Protection of members of Armed Forces from arrest
- 43. Arrest how made
- 44. Search of place entered by person sought to be arrested
- 45. Pursuit of offenders into other jurisdictions
- 46. No unnecessary restraint
- 47. Person arrested to be informed of grounds of arrest and of right to bail
- 48. Obligation of person making arrest to inform about arrest, etc., to relative or friend
- 49. Search of arrested person
- 50. Power to seize offensive weapons
- 51. Examination of accused by medical practitioner at request of police officer
- 52. Examination of person accused of rape by medical practitioner
- 53. Examination of arrested person by medical officer
- 54. Identification of person arrested
- 56. Health and safety of arrested person
- 57. Person arrested to be taken before Magistrate or officer in charge of police station
- 58. Person arrested not to be detained more than twenty-four hours
- 59. Police to report apprehensions
- 60. Discharge of person apprehended
- 61. Power, on escape, to pursue and retake
- 62. Arrest to be made strictly according to Sanhita