Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08
49. It shall be lawful for a Police Officer to pursue with a view to arrest any person accused of any of the offences specified in the Police may pursue offenders into other jurisSchedule annexed to this Act, into the limits of another clictions. Police Officer ~vhkther sul~ordinate to the saine Magistrate as himself or to the Magistrate of any other District, and whether such place be under the same local Governmeht or not.
50. M7henever an Officer in charge of a Police Station shall consider that Issueof senrch warrant the production of any thing is essential to the conduct of
by Head Ofiicer. an enquiry into any offence which he is authorized to investigate, it shall be lawful for such Officer to search or cause a search to be
made for the same in any house or place within the limits of such StSttion. I11 such case the Officer in charge of the Police Station shall, if practicable, conduct the search for such thing in person. If unable to conduct the search in person,
and there is no other lserson colnpeterlt to make tile search present at the tinle, it shall be l a ~ v f ~ ~ l for the Officer in charge of the Police St:ttioa to require any Officer sul~ordinate to hiin to 1na1;c the search, slid he shall deliver to such Of3cer an order in writing, spccifyi!ig tllc property for which scarcll is to I)c
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made and the house or place to be seqrched, and it shall thereupon be lawful for such subordinate Officer to search for such property in such house or place. The provisions of this Act relating to sewch warrants shall be applicable to a search made by or under the direction of an Officer in charge of a Police Station under this Section.
Source: India Code