Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

Section - 40 - Duty of officers employed in connection with the affairs of a village to make certain report

Duty of officers employed in connection with the affairs of a village to make certain report.

40. (1) Every officer employed in connection with the affairs of a village and every person residing in a village shall forthwith communicate to the nearest Magistrate or to the officer in charge of the nearest police station, whichever is nearer, any information which he may possess respecting-

(a)- the permanent or temporary residence of any notorious receiver or vender of stolen property in or near such village;
(b)- the resort to any place within, or the passage through, such village of any person whom he knows, or reasonably suspects, to be a thug, robber, escaped convict or proclaimed offender;
(c)- the commission of, or intention to commit, in or near such village any non-bailable offence or any offence punishable under section 143, section 144, section 145, section 147, or section 148 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860);
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