56.
Person arrested to be taken before Magistrate of officer in charge
station.
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56. Person arrested to be taken before Magistrate of officer in
charge of police station. A police officer making an arrest without
warrant shall, without unnecessary delay and subject to the provisions
herein contained as to
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bail, take or send the person arrested before a Magistrate
jurisdiction in the case, or before the officer in charge of a
station.
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57.
Person arrested not to be detained more than twenty-four hours.
57.Person arrested not to be detained more than twenty-four
hours. No police officer shall detain in custody a person arrested
without warrant for a longer period than under all the circumstances
of the case is reasonable, and such period shall not, in the absence
of a special order of a Magistrate under section 167, exceed twentyfour hours exclusive of the time necessary for the journey from the
place of arrest to the Magistrate's Court.
58.
Police to report apprehensions.
58. Police to report apprehensions. Officers in charge of police
stations shall report to the District Magistrate, or, if he so
directs, to the Sub-divisional Magistrate, the cases of all persons
arrested without warrant, within the limits of their respective
stations, whether such persons have been admitted to bail
or
otherwise.
59.
Discharge of person apprehended.