Section 76. Person arrested to be brought before Court without delay
Review the original statutory text or switch to the plain-language version.
Related sections and acts remain accessible without interrupting your research flow.
Act
Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
Section number
76
Section reader
Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
76.Person arrested to be brought before Court without delay.-
The police officer or other person executing a warrant of arrest shall (subject to the provisions of section 71 as to security) without unnecessary delay bring the person arrested before the Court before which he is required by law to produce such person:
Provided that such delay shall not, in any case, exceed twenty-four hours exclusive of the time necessary for the journey from the place of arrest to the Magistrate's Court.
