Code of Criminal Procedure
(CRPC)
41B. Procedure of arrest and duties of officer making arrest.
Chapter 5: Arrest Of Persons
Section: 41B
- Every police office while making an arrest shall - (a) bear an accurate, visible and clear identification of his name which will facilitate easy identification; (b) prepare a memorandum of arrest which shall be - (i) attested by at least one witness, who is a member of the family of the person arrested or a respectable member of the locality where the arrest is made; (ii) counter-signed by the person arrested; and (c) inform the person arrested, unless the memorandum is attested by a member of his family that he has a right to have a relative or a friend named by him to be informed of his arrest.
