Section 60. No Police Officer shall, without the special order of a Magistrate, Accused not to be dedetain an ac

60. No Police Officer shall, without the special order of a Magistrate, Accused not to be dedetain an accused person in custody for a longer period tained by the Police be)-olla tnellty-foLu. llours than under a.11 the circumstances of the case is reasonable, 'ycia1 authority. such period in no case to exceed tweilty-four hours. If the enquiry has not been completed ~vithin t~~lellty-four hours, the Officer in charge of the Police St,ntio~i shall aevertllele~s fos~~rard the accused to the Magistrate, - wit11 a short despatch, stating the oit'encc for ~vhich t l ~ e acc~rsed has been arrested, if there are grouilds for belicvjag that the accusation is well founclccl. 61. `If` ACT No. XI11 OF 1861.