Mera Samvidhaan All of Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989

Chapter V · Miscellaneous

18Section 438 of the Code not to apply to persons committing an offence under the Act.

Section 18 · Chapter V · page 16 of the Act

Nothing in section 438 of the Code shall apply in relation to any case involving the arrest of any person on an accusation of having committed an offence under this Act.

Section 18 of The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 is reproduced in full above, as printed by India Code, with its footnotes and amendment markers. Read the whole Act, or browse every Act on Mera Samvidhaan.