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56. Procedure when police officer deputes subordinate to arrest without warrant.(1)
When any officer in charge of a policestation 2[or any policeofficer making an investigation
underChapter XIV] 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. 2[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.]
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57. Refusal to give name and residence.(1) When any person who in the presence of a
policeofficer has committed or has been accused of committing a noncognizable offence refuses,
on demand of such officer, to give his name and residence or gives a name or residence which such
officer has reason to believe to be false, he may be arrested by such officer in order that his name
or residence may be ascertained.
(2) When the true name and residence of such person have been ascertained, he shall be
released on his executing a bond, with or without sureties, to appear before a Magistrate 3[having
jurisdiction,] if so required:
Provided that, if such person is not resident in 4[Pakistan], the bond shall be secured by a surety
or sureties resident in 4[Pakistan].
(3) Should the true name and residence of such person not be ascertained within twentyfour
hours from the time of arrest or should he fail to execute the bond, or, if so required to furnish
sufficient sureties, he shall forthwith be forwarded to the nearest Magistrate having jurisdiction.
1 Subsection (2) as amended by the City of Bombay Police Act, 1902 (Bom. 4 of 1902), s.2 (1) and Sch. A, omitted by A.O., 1949, Sch.
2 Ins. by the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amdt.) Act, 1923 (18 of 1923), s.11.
3 Ins. by the Law Reforms Ordinance, 1972 (12 of 1972), s.2 and Sch.
4 Subs. by the Central Laws (Statue Reform) Ordinance, 1960 (21 of 1960), s.3 and 2nd Sch. (with effect from the 14th October, 1955), for “the Provinces and the Capital of the Federation”, which had
been subs. by A.O., 1949, Arts. 3 (2) and 4, for “British India”.
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