How Arrest Made; Search of Arrested Person; Arrested Person to Be Informed of Rights; Medical Examination; Arrested Person Not to be Detained Beyond 24 Hours

Section 46: In making an arrest the police officer or other person making the same shall actually touch or confine the body of the person to be arrested, unless there be a submission to custody by word or action. Section 46(3): Nothing in this section gives a right to cause the death of a person who is not accused of an offence punishable with death or with imprisonment for life. Section 50: Every police officer or other person arresting any person without warrant shall forthwith communicate to him the full particulars of the offence for which he is arrested. Section 50A: Every police officer making an arrest shall forthwith inform an nominated person of the arrested person of such arrest and the place where the arrested person is being held. Section 41B: Every police officer while making an arrest shall bear an accurate, visible, and clear identification of his name on his name tag. Section 56: A police officer making an arrest of a person without warrant shall, without unnecessary delay and subject to the provisions herein as to bail, take or send the person before a Magistrate having jurisdiction. Section 57: No police officer shall detain in custody a person arrested without warrant for a longer period than under all the circumstances of the case is reasonable, and such period shall not, in the absence of a special order of a Magistrate under Section 167, exceed twenty-four hours exclusive of the time necessary for the journey from the place of arrest to the Magistrate's Court.