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Section 54. When police may arrest without warrant

(1) Any police-officer may, without an order from a Magistrate and without a warrant, arrest— first, any person who has been concerned in any cognizable offence or against whom a reasonable complaint has been made or credible information has been received, or a reasonable suspicion exists of his having been so concerned; secondly, any person having in his possession without lawful excuse, the burden of proving which excuse shall lie on such person, any implement of house‑breaking; thirdly, any person who has been proclaimed as an offender either under this Code or by order of the [1]; fourthly, any person in whose possession anything is found which may reasonably be suspected to be stolen property [2] and who may reasonably be suspected of having committed an offence with reference to such thing; fifthly, any person who obstructs a police-officer while in the execution of his duty, or who has escaped, or attempts to escape, from lawful custody; sixthly, any person reasonably suspected of being a deserter from [3] [4] [5] [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [3] (2) [5] 6

Annotations (6)
  • amendment [1] A.O., 1937, for “L.G.”.
  • amendment [2] Act No. XVIII of 1923, s. 10, for “or”.
  • amendment [3] the Central Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1961 (P. O. No. 1 of 1961), Art. 2 and Sch. (with effect from the 23rd March, 1956), for “Her Majesty’s Army, Navy or Air Force”.
  • annotation [4] “or from any unit of [force of an Acceding State] declared under the Extradition Act, 1903, to be a unit desertion from which is an extradition offence” omitted by the Federal Laws (Revision and Declaration) Ordinance, 1981 (XXVII of 1981), s. 3 and Second Schedule.
  • annotation [5] “or of belonging to Her Majesty’s Indian Marine Service and being illegally absent from that service” rep. by the Amending Act, 1934 (XXXV of 1934), s.2 and Sch. seventhly, any person who has been concerned in, or against whom a reasonable complaint has been made or credible information has been received or a reasonable suspicion exists of his having been concerned in, any act committed at any place out of <sup>[1]</sup> which, if committed in <sup>[1]</sup> , would have been punishable as an offence; and for which he is, under any law relating to extradition <sup>[2]</sup> or otherwise, liable to be apprehended or detained in custody in <sup>[1]</sup>
  • star_omission [3] ; eighthly, any released convict committing a breach of any rule made under section 565, sub­section (3); <sup>[4]</sup>
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