Section 31B
Section 31B
Whenever any person is arrested and detained in custody by any officer of customs for an offence against this Act, and it appears that the investigation cannot be completed within a period of twenty-four hours from the time that the person is arrested, any officer of customs may produce such person before a Magistrate and the Magistrate may, whether he has or has not jurisdiction to try the case, from time to time, authorize the detention of such person in such custody as such Magistrate thinks fit for a term not exceeding fifteen days in the whole.
(2)
If a Magistrate acting under subsection (1) does not have jurisdiction to try the case and considers further detention unnecessary, he may order such person to be produced before a court having such jurisdiction, or, if the case is triable exclusively by the
High Court, before himself or any Magistrate having jurisdiction with a view to transmitting the case for trial by the High Court.
(3)
Nothing in this section shall be construed as in any manner derogating from section 117 of the Criminal Procedure Code in its application in any case of an offence against this Act where the investigation is made by a police officer.