Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 55
Procedure when police officer deputes subordinate to arrest without warrant
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BNSS Section 55 deals with procedure when police officer deputes subordinate to arrest without warrant and replaces CrPC 55.
Bare act text — BNSS 55
55. Procedure when police officer deputes subordinate to arrest without warrant.
(1) When any officer in charge of a police station or any police officer making an investigation under Chapter XIII requires any officer subordinate to him to arrest without a warrant (otherwise than in his presence) any person who may lawfully be arrested without a warrant, he shall deliver to the officer required to make the arrest an order in writing, specifying the person to be arrested and the offence or other cause for which the arrest is to be made and the officer so required shall, before making the arrest, notify to the person to be arrested the substance of the order and, if so required by such person, shall show him the order.
(2) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall affect the power of a police officer to arrest a person under section 35
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What was BNSS Section 55 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 55 (Procedure when police officer deputes subordinate to arrest without warrant) replaces Section 55 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 55 is now BNSS 55.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- BNSS 50 — Power to seize offensive weapons
- BNSS 51 — Examination of accused by medical practitioner at request of police officer
- BNSS 52 — Examination of person accused of rape by medical practitioner
- BNSS 53 — Examination of arrested person by medical officer
- BNSS 54 — Identification of person arrested
- BNSS 56 — Health and safety of arrested person
- BNSS 57 — Person arrested to be taken before Magistrate or officer in charge of police station
- BNSS 58 — Person arrested not to be detained more than twenty-four hours
- BNSS 59 — Police to report apprehensions
- BNSS 60 — Discharge of person apprehended