into custody is reported to him, without the charge being investigated, unless investigation within that
period seems to him to be impracticable having due regard to the public service. Every case of a
person detained in custody beyond a period of forty‑eight hours and the reason therefor shall be
reported by the commanding officer to the officer, to whom application is to be made to convene a
general or District Court martial for the trial of the person charged:
Provided that in reckoning the period of forty‑eight hours all public holidays shall be excluded.
75. Interval between committal and Court martial. In every case where any such person as is
mentioned in section 73 and as is not on active service remains in custody for a longer period than
eight days, without a Court martial for his trial being ordered to assemble, a special report giving
reasons for the delay shall be made by his commanding officer in the manner prescribed and a similar
report shall be forwarded at intervals of eight days until a Court martial is assembled or such person is
released from custody.
76. Arrest by civil authorities. Whenever any person subject to this Act, who is accused of any
offence under this Act, is within the jurisdic tion of any magistrate or police officer, such magistrate or
public officer shall aid in the apprehension and delivery to military custody of such person upon
receipt of a written application to that effect signed by that person’s commanding officer.
77. Capture of deserters.___(1) Whenever any person subject to this Act deserts, his
commanding officer shall give written information of the desertion to such civil authorities as in his
opinion may be able to afford assistance towards the capture of the deserter. Such authorities shall
thereupon take steps for the apprehension of the said deserter in like manner as if he were a person
for whose apprehension a warrant had been issued by a magistrate, and shall deliver to deserter, when
appre hended, into military custody.
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