Section 57 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 deals with person arrested to be taken before Magistrate or officer in charge of police station. It replaces CrPC 56 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.
57. A police officer making an arrest without warrant shall, without unnecessary delay and subject to the provisions herein contained as to bail, take or send the person arrested before a Magistrate having jurisdiction in the case, or before the officer in charge of a police station.
Person arrested not to be detained more than twenty-four hours.
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