Section 47 Earlier CrPC 50
Person arrested to be informed of grounds of arrest and of right to bail
Chapter 5: Arrest of persons
(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 non- bailable 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.
The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 46 of 2023). As printed in the Gazette on 25 December 2023. Later amendments, if any, are not included.
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- 49Search of arrested personCrPC 51
- 50Power to seize offensive weaponsCrPC 52