Section-57 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898
The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898
(ACT NO. V OF 1898)
CHAPTER V
OF ARREST, ESCAPE AND RETAKING
B.-Arrest without Warrant
Refusal
to give name and residence
57.(1)
When any person who in the presence of a police-officer has committed or has
been accused of committing a non-cognizable offence
refuses, on demand of such officer, to give his name and residence or gives a
name or residence which such officer has reason to believe to be false, he may
be arrested by such officer in order that his name or residence may be
ascertained.
(2) When the true name
and residence of such person have been ascertained, he shall be released on his
executing a bond, with or without sureties, to appear before a Magistrate if so
required:
Provided that, if such
person is not resident in Bangladesh, the bond shall be secured by a surety or
sureties resident in Bangladesh.
(3) Should the true name
and residence of such person not be ascertained within twenty-four hours from
the time of arrest or should he fail to execute the bond, or, if so required,
to furnish sufficient sureties, he shall forthwith be forwarded to the nearest
Magistrate having jurisdiction.
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