Criminal Procedure Code · Updated to 1 May 2023 · Chapter XIII
108. Procedure in non-seizable cases
Feedback & supportWhen the information aforesaid relates to the commission of a non-seizable offence that officer shall refer the informant to a Magistrate.
non-seizable offence
“non-seizable offence” means an offence for which and “non-seizable case” means a case in which a police officer may not ordinarily arrest without warrant according to the third column of the First Schedule;
No police officer shall in a non-seizable case exercise any of the special powers in relation to police investigations given by this Chapter without the order of the Public Prosecutor.
Any police officer not below the rank of Sergeant or any officer in charge of a police station receiving such order may exercise the same powers in respect of the investigation, except the power to arrest without warrant, as that police officer may exercise without an order in a seizable case.