The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898

( ACT NO. V OF 1898 )

[ 22nd March, 1898 ]

Chapter XLVI

MISCELLANEOUS

Power of superior officers of police

551. Police -officers superior in rank to an officer in charge of a police-station may exercise the same powers, throughout the local area to which they are appointed, as may be exercised by such officer within the limits of his station.

Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs