Section 50
Investigations exceeding twenty-four hours
of Fisheries (Adoption) Ordinance, 1994
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(1)
Whenever any person is arrested and detained in custody by the State Fisheries Officer or any authorized person for an offence under this Ordinance, and it appears that the investigation cannot be completed within the period of twenty-four hours from the time the person is arrested, the State Fisheries Officer or the authorized person shall produce such person before a Magistrate for the purpose of subsection (2).
(2)
The Magistrate before whom such person is produced under subsection (1) may, whether he has or has no 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 on the whole, and in accordance with provisions in the Criminal
Procedure Code [Act 593].