Lawgist82Power of arrest without warrant
(1) If a person commits any offence mentioned in sections 59, 61, 65 to 79, he may be arrested without warrant or other written authority by any metro railway official or by a police officer not below the rank of a head constable or by any other person whom such metro railway official or police officer may call to his aid:
Provided that where a person has been arrested, by any person other than the police officer, he shall be made over to a police officer, or, in the absence of a police officer, take such person or cause him to be taken in custody to the nearest police station.
(2) A person so arrested under sub-section (1) shall be produced before the nearest Magistrate, having authority to try him or commit him for trial, as early as possible but within a period not exceeding twentyfour hours of such arrest exclusive of the time necessary for the journey from the place of arrest to the court of the Magistrate.
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- 59 Drunkenness or nuisance on metro railway
- 60 Penalty for taking or causing to take offensive material upon metro railway
- 61 Penalty for taking or causing to take dangerous material upon metro railway
- 62 Prohibition of demonstrations upon metro railway
- 63 Penalty for travelling on roof, etc., of a train
- 64 Penalty for unlawfully entering or remaining upon metro railway or walking on metro track
- 65 Endangering the safety of passengers by metro railway official
- 66 Abandoning train, etc., without authority
- 67 Obstructing running of train, etc
- 68 Obstructing metro railway official in his duties
- 69 Travelling without proper pass or ticket or beyond authorised distance
- 70 Needlessly interfering with means of communication in a train
- 71 Altering or defacing or counterfeiting pass or ticket
- 72 Defacing public notices
- 73 Any sale of articles on metro railway
- 74 Maliciously wrecking a train causing sabotage
- 75 Penalty for unauthorised sale of tickets
- 76 Maliciously hurting or attempting to hurt person travelling by metro railway
- 77 Endangering safety of persons travelling by metro railway by rash or negligent act or omission
- 78 Damage to or destruction of certain metro railway properties
- 79 Endangering the safely of persons travelling by metro railway by withful act or omission
- 80 Penalty for making a false claim for compensation
- 81 Offences by companies
- 82 Power of arrest without warrant
- 83 Arrest of person likely to abscond, etc
- 84 Magistrate having jurisdiction under the Act
- 85 Place of trial
