Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
Section - 36 - Powers of superior officers of police
CHAPTER IV
A. POWERS OF SUPERIOR OFFICERS OF POLICE
Powers of superior officers of police.
36. Police officers superior in rank to an officer-in-charge of a police station may exercise the same powers, throughout the local area to which they are appointed, as may be exercised by such officer within the limits of his station.
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