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Chapter V · Arrest of Persons

36Procedure of arrest and duties of officer making arrest

Section 36 · Chapter V

Every police officer while making an arrest shall—

(a)bear an accurate, visible and clear identification of his name which will facilitate easy identification;

(b)prepare a memorandum of arrest which shall be—

(i)attested by at least one witness, who is a member of the family of the person arrested or a respectable member of the locality where the arrest is made;

(ii)countersigned by the person arrested; and

(c)inform the person arrested, unless the memorandum is attested by a member of his family, that he has a right to have a relative or a friend or any other person named by him to be informed of his arrest.

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