Search of Person & Property Incidental to Arrest (Ss. 52–55)

These sections regulate the search of an arrested person and the property found.

• Section 52: A woman shall be searched with strict decency.
• Offensive weapons: Any offensive weapon found shall be delivered to the Court.
• Section 54 – Arrest without warrant by police, includes:
• Proclaimed offender
• Deserter from the army
• Person having stolen property

(All of these.)

• Section 55: Any officer in charge of a police station may arrest vagabonds, habitual robbers, and persons having no ostensible means of subsistence — all of these.