Section 86: Procedure by Magistrate before whom person arrested is brought

(1) Such Magistrate or District Superintendent [* *] shall, if the person arrested appears to be the person intended by the Court which issued the warrant, direct his removal in custody to such Court: Provided that, if the offence is bailable, and such person is ready and willing to give bail to the satisfaction of such Magistrate, District Superintendent [* *], or a direction has been endorsed under section 76 on the warrant and such person is ready and willing to give the security required by such direction, the Magistrate, District Superintendent [* *] shall take such bail or security, as the case may be, and forward the bond to the Court which issued the warrant [:] [Provided further that, if the offence is not bailable or no direction has been endorsed under section 76 on the warrant, the Sessions Judge of the Sessions division in which the person is arrested may, subject to the provisions of section 497 and for sufficient reasons, release the person on an interim bail on such bond or security as the Sessions Judge thinks fit and direct the person to appear by a specified date before the Court which issued the warrant and forward the bond to that Court.] (2) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prevent a police officer from taking security under section 76.

Effective date: 1898-07-01

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