Section 26

No authorized officer shall keep in custody a person arrested for a longer period than under all the circumstances of the case is reasonable.

Such period shall not in the absence or after the expiry of a special order of a Magistrate under section 117 of the Criminal

Procedure Code [Act 593] exceed twenty-four hours, exclusive of the time necessary for the journey from the place of arrest to the

Magistrate’s Court.

How detained vessel to be dealt with