section 41B
Procedure of arrest and duties of officer making arrest.
The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973Criminal1973534 sections39 chapters
Chapter V ARREST OF PERSONS
Statutory text
Every police officer while making an arrest shall--
- (a) bear an accurate, visible and clear identification of his name which will facilitate easy identification;
- (b) prepare a memorandum of arrest which shall be--
- (i) attested by at least one witness, who is a member of the family of the person arrested or a respectable member of the locality where the arrest is made;
- (ii) countersigned by the person arrested; and
- (c) inform the person arrested, unless the memorandum is attested by a member of his family, that he has a right to have a relative or a friend named by him to be informed of his arrest.
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