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BNSS Section 55: Procedure when police officer deputes subordinate to arrest without warrant

Section 55 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 deals with procedure when police officer deputes subordinate to arrest without warrant. It replaces CrPC 55 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.

Text of BNSS Section 55

55. (1) When any officer in charge of a police station or any police officer making an investigation under Chapter XIII requires any officer subordinate to him to arrest without a warrant (otherwise than in his presence) any person who may lawfully be arrested without a warrant, he shall deliver to the officer required to make the arrest an order in writing, specifying the person to be arrested and the offence or other cause for which the arrest is to be made and the officer so required shall, before making the arrest, notify to the person to be arrested the substance of the order and, if so required by such person, shall show him the order.

(2) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall affect the power of a police officer to arrest a person under section 35.

Health and safety of arrested person.

CrPC sections replaced

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