Section 49Power to break open doors and windows for purposes of liberation

In forcePart III GENERAL PROVISIONSChapter V OF ARREST, ESCAPE AND RETAKING

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Part III GENERAL PROVISIONS

Chapter V OF ARREST, ESCAPE AND RETAKING

A.-Arrest generally

s. 49

49. Power to break open doors and windows for purposes of liberation Any police-officer or other person authorized to make an arrest may break open any outer or inner door or window of any house or place in order to liberate himself or any other person who, having lawfully entered for the purpose of making an arrest, is detained therein.

End of s. 49. Not in the index for this Act: Schedule (sub).

Read the contents: The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898