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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.

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