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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Cantonments Act, 1924 Section 250

ARREST WITHOUT WARRANT - Any member ofthe police force employed in a cantonment may, without a warrant, arrest any

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Cantonments Act, 1924 Section 250 is part of Cantonments Act, 1924 - ARREST WITHOUT WARRANT - Any member ofthe police force employed in a cantonment may, without a warrant, arrest any. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

a) in the case ofthe breach of any such provision as is specified in Part B of Schedule IV, no person shall be so arrested who consents to give his name and address, unless there is reasonable ground for doubting the accuracy ofthe name or address so given, the burden of 'proof of which shall lie on the arresting officer, and no person so arrested shall be detained after his name and address have been ascertained; and (b) no person shall be so arrested for an offence undersection 236except -

(i) at the request of the person importuned or of a military officer in whose presence the offence,was committed; or (ii) by or at the request of a member ofthe Militaryb[Naval] or Air Force Police, who is employed in the cantonment and authorised in this behalf by thea[Officer Command- ing the station], and in whose presence the offence was committed or by or at the request of any police officer not below the rank of a sub-inspector who is employed in the cantonment and authorised in this behalf by thea[Officer Commanding the station]. Act l5 of l983,Clause l42.- Insection 250of the Act, the word "Naval" is being introduced to cover persons in the employment of the Indian Navy. This amendment iss consequent to the amendment ofsection 3(vide clause 3). - Gaz. of Ind.. 9-7-1982. Pt II, S. 2, Ext., P. 57 (No.

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What does Cantonments Act, 1924 Section 250 provide?

Section Section 250 of the Cantonments Act, 1924 (ARREST WITHOUT WARRANT - Any member ofthe police force employed in a cantonment may, without a warrant, arrest any) is reproduced on this page as part of the Cantonments Act, 1924. 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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