(2) Whenever the person of a female is to be examined under this
section, the examination shall be made only by, or under the
supervision of, a female registered medical practitioner.
Explanation.-In this section and in section 54, "registered
medical practitioner" means a medical practitioner who possesses any
recognized medical qualification as defined in clause (h) of section 2
of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 ( 102 of 1956) and whose
name has been entered in a State Medical Register.
54.
Examination of arrested person by medical practitioner at the
arrested person.
requestof the
54. Examination of arrested person by medical practitioner at
the request of the arrested person. When a person who is arrested,
whether on a charge or otherwise alleges, at the time when he is
produced before a Magistrate or at any time during the period of his
detention in custody that the examination of his body will afford
evidence which will disprove the commission by him of any offence or
which will establish the commission by any other person of any offence
against his body, the Magistrate shall, if requested by the arrested
person so to do direct the examination of the body of such person by a
registered medical practitioner unless the Magistrate considers that
the request is made for the purpose of vexation or delay or for
defeating the ends of justice.
55.
Procedure when police officer deputes subordinate to arrest with
outwarrant.
55. Procedure when police officer deputes subordinate to arrest
with out 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
police officer to arrest a person under section 41.
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