§ 56 Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
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Section 56. Person arrested to be taken before Magistrate or officer in charge of police station

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Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
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56

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Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973

56.Person arrested to be taken before Magistrate or officer in charge of police station.-

A police officer making an arrest without warrant shall, without unnecessary delay and subject to the provisions herein contained as to bail, take or send the person arrested before a Magistrate having jurisdiction in the case, or before the officer in charge of a police station.