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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

National Security Guard Act 1986 Section 56

Duty of Commander in Regard to Detention

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National Security Guard Act 1986 Section 56 is part of National Security Guard Act 1986 - Duty of Commander in Regard to Detention. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

(1) It shall be the duty of every Commander to take care that a person under his command when charged with an offence is not detained in custody for more than forty-eight hours after the committal of such person into custody is reported to him, without the charge being investigated, unless investigation within that period seems to him to be impracticable having regard to the public service.

(2) The case of every person being detained in custody beyond a period of forty-eight hours, and the reasons therefor, shall be reported by the Commander to the next higher authority.

(3) In reckoning the period of forty-eight hours specified in sub-section (1), Sundays and other public holidays shall be excluded.

(4) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Central Government may make rules providing for the manner in which and the period for which any person subject to this Act may be taken into and detained in Security Guard custody, pending the trial by any competent authority for any offence committed by him.

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What does National Security Guard Act 1986 Section 56 provide?

Section Section 56 of the National Security Guard Act 1986 (Duty of Commander in Regard to Detention) is reproduced on this page as part of the National Security Guard Act 1986. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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