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Powers of police officers.— (1) Any police officer may arrest any person committing in his view any offence against any of the provisions of this Act or of any rule or of any bye-law made thereunder, if the name and address of such person is unknown to him, and if such person declines to give his name and address or if the police officer has reason to doubt the accuracy of such name and address if given; and such person may be detained at the station house until his name and address have been correctly ascertained: 177 Provided that no person arrested shall be detained without the order of a Magistrate longer than shall be necessary for producing him before a Magistrate, or than twenty four hours of his arrest, whichever is longer. (2) It shall also be the duty of all police officers to give immediate information to the Council of the commission of any offence against the provisions of this Act or of any rule or bye-law made thereunder and to assist all municipal officers and servants in the exercise of their lawful authority. 525[290 A. Certain offences to be cognizable.— The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Central Act 2 of 1974), shall apply to an offence under sub-section (7) of section 175 or sub-section (3) of section 176 or sub-section (6) of Section 178 or sub-section (9) and (10) of section 184, as if it were a cognizable offence— (i) for the purpose of investigation of such offence; (ii) for the purposes of all matters other than— (a) matters referred to in section 42 of that Code, and (b) arrest of a person, except on the complaint of, or upon information received from, such officer of the Council, not being below the rank of a Chief Officer, as may be appointed by the Government: Provided that no offence of the contravention of any condition subject to which sanction was accorded for the erection of any building or the execution of any work shall be cognizable, if such contravention relates to any deviation from any plan if such erection or execution sanctioned by the Council, is compoundable on payment of an amount under the bye-laws relating to buildings made under this Act]. CHAPTER XXII Control