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Section 172 - The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
172. Persons bound to conform to lawful directions of police.
(1) All persons shall be bound to conform to the lawful directions of a police officer given in fulfilment of any of his duty under this Chapter.
(2) A police officer may detain or remove any person resisting, refusing, ignoring or disregarding to conform to any direction given by him under sub-section (1) and may either take such person before a Magistrate or, in petty cases, release him as soon as possible within a period of twenty-four hours.
Related Sections
- Section 362: Procedure when after commencement of inquiry or trial, Magistrate finds case should be committed
- Section 436: Reference to High Court
- Section 377: Procedure where person of unsound mind detained is declared fit to be released
- Section 415: Appeals from convictions
- Section 328: Evidence of officers of Mint
Related Acts
- Repealing and Amending Act, 2019
- Commercial Courts, Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts (Amendment) Act, 2018
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (Prevention and Control) Act, 2017
- Repealing and Amending Act, 2017
- Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016
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