Maximum period of detention

No person arrested under the provisions of this Act shall be detained in custody for a longer period than under all the circumstances of the case is reasonable, and such period shall not exceed twenty four hours, exclusive of the times necessary for the journey from the place of arrest to the place where a Collector or other officer empowered under section 42 to investigate the case may be, and thence to the Court of a Magistrate having jurisdiction to inquire into or try the case.