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“ Powers of 22 A. (1) A Justice of the Peace for any local area Justices of shall, for the purpose of making arrest, have within the Peace. s u ch area ail the powers of a Police Officer referred to in section 54 and of an officer-in-charge of a police station referred to in section 55. Z 3 (2) A Justice of the Price making an arrest in exercise of any powers under sub-section (1) shall, forthwith take or cause to be taken the person arrested before the officer-in-charge of the nearest police station and furnish such officer with a rep ort as to the circumstances of the arrest. Such officer shall thereupon re-arrest the person. (3) (i) A Justice o f the Peace for any local area shall have power within such area, to call upon any member of the police force on duty or any Home Gu ard , to aid him—■ (a) in taking or preventing the escape of any person who has participated in the commission of any cognizable offence or against whom a reasonable com plaint has been made or credible information has been received or a reasonable sus picion exists of his having so participated, (b) in the prevention of crime in general and, in particular, in the prevention of a breach of the peace or a disturbance of the public tranquillity. (ii) Where a mem ber of the police force on duty or any Hom e Guard has been called-upon to render aid under clause (i), such call shall be deemed— (a) when made upon a mem ber of the police force, to have been made by a compe tent authority, (b) when made upon a Home Guard, to have been made by a competent authority calling upon the Home Guard for duty under sub-section (1) of section 7 of the Assam Home Guards Act, 1947. Explanation— In this section the expression “Home Guard” will have the same meaning as in the Assam Hom e Guards Act, 1947. (4) A Justice of the Peace for any local area may, in accordance w ith such rules as may be made by the State Government,— (a) issue a certificate as to the identity of any person residing within such area, or (b) verify any document brought before him by any person, or Assam A c t X X I V o f