Any Police officer may, without any order from a Magistrate and without a warrant, arrest-
(1) any person who has been concerned in an offence punishable under section 121 or against whom reasonable complaint has been made or credible information has been received or a reasonable suspicion exists, of his having been concerned in such offence ;
(2) any person who contravenes a rule or order under clause (x) of sub-section (1) of section 33 or an order or notification under section 36, 37, 56, 1[57, 57A or 63AA];
2[(2A) any person who contravenes any order made under sub-section (1) of section 63A ;]
(3) any person who commits an offence punishable under section 122 or section 136.
(1) any person who has been concerned in an offence punishable under section 121 or against whom reasonable complaint has been made or credible information has been received or a reasonable suspicion exists, of his having been concerned in such offence ;
(2) any person who contravenes a rule or order under clause (x) of sub-section (1) of section 33 or an order or notification under section 36, 37, 56, 1[57, 57A or 63AA];
2[(2A) any person who contravenes any order made under sub-section (1) of section 63A ;]
(3) any person who commits an offence punishable under section 122 or section 136.
Source footnotes
1. These figures, letters and word were substituted for the figures, word and letter "57 or 63AA" by Mah. 15 of 1976, s. 4, Sch.2. Clause (2A) was inserted by Bom. 20 of 1953, s. 8.
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