CrPC 41B vs BNSS 36: Procedure of arrest and duties of officer making arrest
Section 41B of the Code of Criminal Procedure is now section 36 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, in force from 1 July 2024. All of the old wording is kept; nothing removed and 4 words added.
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CrPC section 41BProcedure of arrest and duties of officer making arrest
Every police officer 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) countersigned 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.
BNSS section 36Procedure of arrest and duties of officer making arrest
Every police officer 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) countersigned 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 or any other person named by him to be informed of his arrest.
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