Section 42Public when to assist

In forcePart III GENERAL PROVISIONSChapter IV OF AID AND INFORMATION TO THE MAGISTRATES, THE POLICE AND PERSONS MAKING ARRESTS

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Part III GENERAL PROVISIONS

Chapter IV OF AID AND INFORMATION TO THE MAGISTRATES, THE POLICE AND PERSONS MAKING ARRESTS

s. 42

42. Public when to assist Every person is bound to assist [any Magistrate whether Judicial or Executive] or police officer reasonably demanding his aid,- (a) in the taking or preventing the escape of any other person whom such Magistrate or police-officer is authorized to arrest; (b) in the prevention or suppression of a breach of the peace, or in the prevention of any injury attempted to be committed to any railway, canal, telegraph or public property.

68. The words “any Magistrate whether Judicial or Executive” were substituted for the words “a Magistrate” by section 20 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act No. XXXII of 2009) (with effect from 1st November, 2007).

End of s. 42. Not in the index for this Act: Schedule (sub).

Read the contents: The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898