Bare ActsThe EAST PUNJAB (EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS) ACT, 1948

Section 8

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(1 ) The 11Ce fo ne f diately be isoner, Who, iImem ly b at ated while in Police 5 ny eT unde arrest OF oie iD Doligy custody. patriation, was or after completion of a po t claws “tigation Specify a *Lludicial Magistrate] of the First class who 23 have and exercise jurisdiction. i risoner in respect of whom rh Every repatriated ioe sub-section (1) shall : produced without delay before the Magistrate specifieg in the order, and such Magistrate may take cognizance of an offence that such repatriated prisoner may be athe by a police officer to have committed, and may grant him ail. 3) Where the re atriation was effected before com- oletis. of the police investigation, or the Magistrate 1s of the opinion that the evidence is deficient, the repartiated prisoner shall be released upon his entering into a bond, with or without sureties, as the Magistrate may direct, to appear if and when so required, and in the meantime, the Magistrate may order such further enquiry into the sub- stance of the allegations as he thinks fit, “section (3), the tage that there is NO prospect of securj ici idence to justify com- dings against the repatriated prison- ér, direct that such Prisoner be discharged from his bond. Delegation of wer

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