Section 47
Person arrested to be informed of grounds of arrest and of right to bail.
The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
About this Act
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to Criminal Procedure.
Chapter V: Arrest of persons Sections 35 to 62
(1) Every police officer or other person arresting any person without warrant shall forthwith communicate to him full particulars of the offence for which he is arrested or other grounds for such arrest.
(2) Where a police officer arrests without warrant any person other than a person accused of a non bailable offence, he shall inform the person arrested that he is entitled to be released on bail and that he may arrange for sureties on his behalf.
(2) Where a police officer arrests without warrant any person other than a person accused of a non bailable offence, he shall inform the person arrested that he is entitled to be released on bail and that he may arrange for sureties on his behalf.