Defence Act, 1957 (Act No. 44 of 1957)

Schedules

First Schedule

38. Offences in relation to arrest
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Any person who—

(a)without due and just cause orders any person into arrest or custody;
(b)unnecessarily detains a person in arrest or custody;
(c)contrary to his duty fails to bring the case of a person in arrest or custody before the proper authority within the prescribed time; or
(d)having committed a person to the custody of any authorized person, fails to deliver to such authorized person within twenty-four hours of such committal an account in writing signed by himself of the offence with which the person so committed is charged,

shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months.