Section 31, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Public when to assist Magistrates and police

Chapter IV · Powers of Superior Officers of Police and Aid to the Magistrates and the Police

31Public when to assist Magistrates and police

Section 31 · Chapter IV

Every person is bound to assist a Magistrate or police officer reasonably demanding his aid—

(a)in the taking or preventing the escape of any other person whom such Magistrate or police officer is authorised to arrest; or

(b)in the prevention or suppression of a breach of the peace; or

(c)in the prevention of any injury attempted to be committed to any public property.

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