unable to furnish bail,
the officer making the arrest or, when the arrest is made by a
private person, the police officer to whom he makes over the person
arrested, may search such person, and place in safe custody all
articles, other than necessary wearing-apparel, found upon him and
where any article is seized from the arrested person, a receipt
showing the articles taken in possession by the police officer shall
be given to such person.
(2) Whenever
the search shall
decency.
it is necessary to cause a female to be searched,
be made by another female with strict regard to
52.
Power to size offensive
weapons.
52. Power to size offensive weapons. The officer or other
person making any arrest under this Code may take from the person
arrested any offensive weapons which he has about his person, and
shall deliver all weapons so taken to the Court or officer before
which or whom the officer or person making the arrest is required by
this Code to produce the person arrested.
53.
Examination
officer.
of
accused
by medical practitioner at
the
request
ofpolice
53.
Examination of accused by medical practitioner at the
request of police officer.
(1) When a person is arrested on a charge
of committing an offence of such a nature and alleged to have been
committed under such circumstances that there are reasonable grounds
for believing that an examination of his person will afford evidence
as to the commission of an offence, it shall be lawful for a
registered medical practitioner, acting at the request of a police
officer not below the rank of sub-inspector,
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and for any person acting in good faith in his aid and under his
direction, to make such an examination of the person arrested as is
reasonably necessary in order to ascertain the facts which may afford
such evidence, and to use such force as is reasonably for that
purpose.