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RP Act

Overview
  • 1Short title, extent and commencement
  • 2Definitions
  • 3Penalty for theft, dishonest misappropriation or unlawful possession of railway property
  • 4Punishment for abetment, conspiracy or connivance at offences
  • 5Offences under the Act not to be cognizable
  • 6Power to arrest without warrant
  • 7Disposal of persons arrested
  • 8Inquiry how to be made
  • 9Power to summon persons to give evidence and produce documents
  • 10Issue of search warrant
  • 11Searches and arrests how to be made
  • 12Officers required to assist
  • 13Power of courts to order forfeiture of vehicles, etc
  • 14Act to override other laws
  • 15Construction of references to laws not in force in Jammu and Kashmir
  • 16Repeal and savings
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RP Act 6

Section 6 · Power to arrest without warrant

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Any superior officer or member of the Force may, without an order from a Magistrate and without a warrant, arrest any person who has been concerned in an offence punishable under this Act or against whom a reasonable suspicion exists of his having been so concerned.


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