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Section 47 — Person arrested to be informed of grounds of arrest and of right to bail.

The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

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(1) Every police officer or other person arresting any person without warrant shall forthwith communicate to him full particulars of the offence for which he is arrested or other grounds for such arrest.

(2) Where a police officer arrests without warrant any person other than a person accused of a nonbailable offence, he shall inform the person arrested that he is entitled to be released on bail and that he may arrange for sureties on his behalf.

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More sections of this actSection 1 · Short title, extent and commencement.Section 2 · Definitions.Section 3 · Construction of references.Section 4 · Trial of offences under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and other laws.Section 5 · Saving.Section 6 · Classes of Criminal Courts.Section 7 · Territorial divisions.Section 8 · Court of Session.
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