Section 65: Power to release on a bond a person arrested

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65. Power to release on a bond a person arrested.—Any Forest-officer of a rank not inferior to that of a Ranger, who, or whose subordinate, has arrested any person under the provisions of section 64, may release such person on his executing a bond to appear, if and when so required, before the Magistrate having jurisdiction in the case, or before the officer-in-charge of the nearest police-station.

Effective date: 1927-01-01

Related sections

Section 64: Power to arrest without warrant Section 66: Power to prevent commission of offence Section 63: Penalty for counterfeiting or defacing marks on trees and timber and for altering Section 67: Power to try offences summarily Section 62: Punishment for wrongful seizure Section 68: Power to compound offences

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