Procedure after arrest and seizure

Procedure after arrest and seizure.--(1) Whenever any person makes any arrest or seizure under this Act, he shall, within a period of twenty-four hours after such arrest or seizure,--

1. (a) make a full report giving particulars of such arrest or seizure to his immediate official superior ; and
2. (b) unless bail or, as the case may be, a bond has been accepted under section 11, produce the person arrested or the articles seized, if the arrest or seizure was made--
   • (i) in pursuance of a warrant issued under section 8, to the authority by whom the warrant was issued ; or
   • (ii) under section 9, to the nearest Magistrate.

1. (2) The authority or Magistrate to whom any person or article is produced under sub-section
2. (1) shall, with all convenient despatch, take such measures as may be necessary for the disposal according to law of such person or article.