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The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

Chapter IV — POWERS OF SUPERIOR OFFICERS OF POLICE AND AID TO THE MAGISTRATES AND THE POLICE

Section 31Public when to assist Magistrates and police

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Section 31: Public when to assist Magistrates and police

31. Public when to assist Magistrates and police

Every person is bound to assist a Magistrate or police officer reasonably demanding his aid—

(a)

in the taking or preventing the escape of any other person whom such Magistrate or police officer is authorised to arrest; or

(b)

in the prevention or suppression of a breach of the peace; or

(c)

in the prevention of any injury attempted to be committed to any public property.