Which CrPC section is BNSS 36?

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BNSS Section 36: Procedure of arrest and duties of officer making arrest

Section 36 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 deals with procedure of arrest and duties of officer making arrest. It replaces CrPC 41B of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.

Text of BNSS Section 36

36. 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.

Designated police officer.

CrPC sections replaced

CrPC 41B: Procedure of arrest and duties of officer making arrest

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