Section 176

The officer in charge of a police station at which a person has surrendered himself as aforesaid, or to which a person who has so surrendered himself is brought, shall forthwith inquire into the case, and if it appears to the officer that the said person is illegally absent as aforesaid he may cause him to be delivered into armed forces custody without bringing him before a magistrate or to be brought before a magistrate.

Certificates of arrest or surrender of deserters and absentees