BNSS Section 36 - Procedure of
arrest and
duties of
officer making
arrest.
Description of BNSS Section 36 - 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;
- (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;
