BNSS · Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Section 36 — Procedure of arrest and duties of officer making arrest.
Replaces CrPC Section 41B.
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 or any other person named by him to be informed of his arrest.
Nearby sections
- 33 Public to give information of certain offences.
- 34 Duty of officers employed in connection with affairs of a village to make certain report.
- 35 When police may arrest without warrant.
- 37 Designated police officer.
- 38 Right of arrested person to meet an advocate of his choice during interrogation.
- 39 Arrest on refusal to give name and residence.
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