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The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898

( ACT NO. V OF 1898 )

Chapter V

OF ARREST, ESCAPE AND RETAKING

Search of arrested persons

51. Whenever a person is arrested by a police-officer under a warrant which does not provide for the taking of bail, or under a warrant which provides for the taking of bail but the person arrested cannot furnish bail, and

 
 

Whenever a person is arrested without warrant, or by a private person under a warrant, and cannot legally be admitted to bail, or is unable to furnish bail,

 
 

the officer making the arrest or, when the arrest is made by a private person, the police-officer to whom he makes over the person arrested, may search such person, and place in safe custody all articles, other than necessary wearing-apparel, found upon him 1[; and

 

where any article is seized from the arrested person, the officer shall prepare a list in the presence of a witness and obtain his signature, if practicable, and shall serve a copy thereof to the arrested person or to any person nominated by him].


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    The semi-colon, words and commas “; and where any article is seized from the arrested person, the officer shall prepare a list in the presence of a witness and obtain his signature, if practicable, and shall serve a copy thereof to the arrested person or to any person nominated by him” were inserted after the word “him” by section 4 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 2025 (Ordinance No. XLI of 2025).
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