Power to seize offensive weapons
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Summary
When an arrest is made under the Code, the arresting officer may take from the arrested person any offensive weapons found on them. The officer must deliver those weapons to the Court or to the officer before whom the arrested person is produced. The seized weapons are then kept in official custody for the case or for public safety.
Example
Ravi is arrested after a street scuffle. The police find a knife in his pocket, take it away, and hand it over to the Court or the officer before whom Ravi is produced. The knife will remain in Court custody as part of the case.
Bare Act
Enacted textThe officer or other person making any arrest under this Code may taken from the person arrested any offensive weapons which he has about his person, and shall deliver all weapons so taken to the Court or officer before which or whom the officer or person making the arrest is required by this Code to produce the person arrested.
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