State Act

THE ORISSA TOWN PLANNING & IMPROVEMENT TRUST ACT, 1956

138 - Arrest of offenders :- (1) Every Police Officer, not being below the rank of a Sub-Inspector shall arrest any person who commits in his view of any offence against this Act or any Rule made there under, if the name and address of such person be unknown to him, and if such person, on demand, declines to give his name and address, or gives a name or address which such officer has reason to believe to be false. (2) The person so arrested shall, without unavoidable delay, be produced before the Magistrate authorised to try the offence for which the arrest has been made, and no person so arrested, shall be detained in custody for a period exceeding twenty-four hours without an order from the aforementioned Magistrate.