Act Number: 2

Act Name: The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

Year: 1974

Enactment Date: 1974-01-25

Long Title: An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to Criminal Procedure.

Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs

Department: Department of Internal Security

Section 41B: Procedure of arrest and duties of officer making arrest.
    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 named by him to be informed of his arrest.
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