I) When any person is arrested or any opium fipnl :

or thing is seized under the provisions of this Act, the ticles seized, persen making the arrest or seizure shall if he is an officer Low toute of the Excise or Police Department, forthwith forward the person arrested or the thing seized ‘0 the nearest officer

_ of his department empowered under Section 20 unless he is himself so empowered.

1. (2) When such arrest or seizure is made by any officer referred to in Section 14 or Section 15 other than an officer - of the Excise or Police Department, .ke shall forthwith ‘forward the person arrested-or the thing seized to the nearest
   • • officer of the Excise. or Police Department empowered under ’ Section 20 and having jurisdiction in the case. :
2. (3) When any person is brought in custody before the officer empowered under Section 20, or when such officer has himself arrested or procured the appearance by summons under Section 20-D of. any. person, he shall make such investigation as seems to bim necessary, and shall either - release such person or admit him to ba#l to appear, oF ‘- if bail is not given, produce him or cause the officer-in-charge of the nearest police station to produce him before a Magistrate having jurisdiction in the case : * PR. Provided that if the investigation is: nay complgted within twentyfour hours of the arrest, the spid officer shall take bail with or without security from the person arrested - to appear on any subsequent date before hingself, and shall, if such bail is not given, forthwith forward the arrested person to the nearest Magistrate with. a report of the case, and a request to detain him in custody for such period not exceeding fourteen days as may be necessary to complete the investigation and to order his production before the said officer when necessary for such investigation.
3. (4) The Magistrate to whom an arrested person is go : forwarded, whether hg has or has not jyrisdiction, to try the case, may, by order in writing. stating the reason therg- | fore, authorise the detention of the arrested person in default of bail to such custody as he thinks fit for a term not exceeding fourteen days on the whole. . ‘Power of in- 20.B. (1) An officer empowsred under Section 20 may Tetioating summon any person to appear before himself to give evidenge summon or to produce any document necessary for the purpose of es OF investigation. . them other- wise. (2) Such summons shall state whether the person . summoned is" required to give evidence or produce a docu- + ment or both, and shall specify a time and "place for appearance. (3). It:shall be lawful for such officer, instead of iswiing a summons, to progeed to the residence of any person whom: by reason of sickness or other infirmity or by reason of rapk er sex, it may mot seem proper to summon, and
   • • then require: him to amswer such .questions. as may be Reosusary for Us prposss of the imvestimation. Jt hal alse, be lawful for such officer to sxamine ad person who may. appear befors him fo sive ewdence or produce any . document necessary for the purposes of investigation, although the said person appears voluntaiily and no simmons has been issued to him. SRR SR . © (4) Any person examined in accordance with the provi- sions of sub-section: (1), oF sub-section (3) shall he baund to answer all questions relating to the investigation put to | him by such officer other than the questions the answers to which would have a tendency to ‘expose him to a eritoinal charge or to a penalty or for forfeiture. Rof 1974. (5) The provisions of Section 162 of the Code of Criminal Procedure; 1973, shall apply to the statements made by any person under this section.