BNSS · CHAPTER IV — Powers Of Superior Officers Of Police And Aid To The Magistrates And The Police

Section 36. Procedure of arrest and duties of officer making arrest

In force · As amended up to 2026-08

Every police officer while making an arrest shall— (a) bear an accurate, visible and clear identification of his name which will facilitate easy identification; (b) prepare a memorandum of arrest which shall be— (i) attested by at least one witness, who is a member of the family of the person arrested or a respectable member of the locality where the arrest is made; (ii) countersigned by the person arrested; and (c) inform the person arrested, unless the memorandum is attested by a member of his family, that he has a right to have a relative or a friend or any other person named by him to be informed of his arrest.

Source: India Code