Section 36 of THE BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023 – BNSS

Procedure of arrest and duties of officer making arrest.

36. 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 or any other person
    named by him to be informed of his arrest.

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