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read the following sections:
"41-A.Notice of appearance before police officer-(1) The police officer may ,is all cases where the arrest of a person is not required under the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 41,issue a notice directing the person against whom a reasonable complaint has been made or credible information has been received or a reasonable suspicion exists that he has committed a cognizable offence to appear before him or at such other place as may be specified in the notice .
(2) Where such a notice is issued to any person, it shall be the duty of that person to comply with the terms of the notice .
(3) Where such person complies and continues to comply with the notice , he shall not be arrested in respect of the offence referred to in the notice unless, for reasons to be recorded ,the police officers is of the opinion that he ought to be arrested .
(4) Where such person,at any time ,fails to comply with the terms of the notice ,it shall be lawful for the police officer to arrest him for the offence mentioned in the notice ,subject to such orders as may have been passed in this behalf by a competent Court .
41-B.Procedure of arrest and duties of officer making arrest.- 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 named by him to be informed of his arrest.
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