Section 39
Breaking of outer door of window.
The Madras District Police Act, 1859
About this Act
An Act for the better regulation of the Police within the Territories subject to the Presidency of Fort St. George.
Any Police Officer authorized by a warrant to arrest
a person accused of any offence for which a warrant may issue on complaint, may break open any outer
or inner door or window of a dwelling house, whether that of the person accused or of any other person,
in order to execute such warrant, if, after notification of his authority and purpose, and demand of
admittance duly made, he cannot otherwise obtain admittance