Section 28
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Section 28
(1)
A police officer making an arrest without a warrant shall without unnecessary delay and subject to the provisions herein as to bail or previous release take or send the person arrested before a
Magistrate.
(2)
No police officer shall detain in custody a person arrested without a warrant for a longer period than under all the circumstances of the case is reasonable.
(3)
Such period shall not in the absence or after the expiry of a special order of a Magistrate under section 117 exceed twenty-four hours exclusive of the time necessary for the journey from the place of arrest to the Magistrate.