Delhi Metro Railways (Operation and Maintenance) Act,2002

Act No : 60

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Section : Power of arrest without warrant.

82. Power of arrest without warrant.-(1) If a person commits any offence mentioned in sections 59, 61, 65 to 79, he may be arrested without warrant or other written authority by any metro railway official or by a police officer not below the rank of a he d constable or by any other person whom such metro railway official or police officer may call to his aid: Provided that where a person has been arrested, by any person other than the police officer, he shall be made over to a police officer, or, in the absence of a police officer, take such person or cause him to be taken in custody to the nearest police sta ion. (2) A person so arrested under sub-section (1) shall be produced before the nearest Magistrate, having authority to try him or commit him for trial, as early as possible but within a period not exceeding twenty-four hours of such arrest exclusive of the ime necessary for the journey from the place of arrest to the court of the Magistrate.

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