Post Office Act · s 84

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84.
Powers to arrest and search in respect of seizable offences
(1) The Postmaster General or any officer of the Department not below the rank of Controller deputed by him in writing to act under this section may arrest without warrant —
(a) any person found committing or attempting to commit or employing or aiding any person to commit a seizable offence against the provisions of this Act;
(b) any person against whom a reasonable suspicion exists that he has been guilty of a seizable offence against the provisions of this
Act, and may search any person so arrested, provided that no female shall be searched except by a female.

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(2) Every person so arrested shall, together with any article as to which an offence may have been committed or attempted to be committed, be taken to a police station.
(3) If any person liable to arrest under this Act is not arrested at the time of committing the offence for which he is so liable, or after arrest makes his escape, he may at any time afterwards be arrested and be dealt with as if he had been arrested at the time of committing such offence.
(4) In this section, “seizable offence” has the meaning assigned to it by section 2(1) of the Criminal Procedure Code (Chapter 7).
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s 84Powers to arrest and search in respect of seizable offences

(1)

The Postmaster General or any officer of the Department not below the rank of Controller deputed by him in writing to act under this section may arrest without warrant —

(a)

any person found committing or attempting to commit or employing or aiding any person to commit a seizable offence against the provisions of this Act;

(b)

any person against whom a reasonable suspicion exists that he has been guilty of a seizable offence against the provisions of this

Act, and may search any person so arrested, provided that no female shall be searched except by a female.

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(2)

Every person so arrested shall, together with any article as to which an offence may have been committed or attempted to be committed, be taken to a police station.

(3)

If any person liable to arrest under this Act is not arrested at the time of committing the offence for which he is so liable, or after arrest makes his escape, he may at any time afterwards be arrested and be dealt with as if he had been arrested at the time of committing such offence.

(4)

In this section, “seizable offence” has the meaning assigned to it by section 2(1) of the Criminal Procedure Code (Chapter 7).

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