47. (1) Every police officer or other person arresting any person without warrant shall forthwith communicate to him full particulars of the offence for which he is arrested or other grounds for such arrest. (2) Where a police officer arrests without warrant any person other than a person accused of a nonbailable offence, he shall inform the person arrested that he is entitled to be released on bail and that he may arrange for sureties on his behalf.
CrPC Section 50 in BNSS: Section 47
Person arrested to be informed of grounds of arrest and of right to bail
Section 50 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Person arrested to be informed of grounds of arrest and of right to bail) corresponds to Section 47 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, in force from 1 July 2024.
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