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(1) A police officer not below the rank of sub-inspector shall arrest any person who commits, in his view, any offence against this Act or any rule made thereunder, if the name and address of such person be unknown to him and if such person, on demand declines to give his name and address, or gives such name or address which such officer has reason to believe to be false. (2) The person so arrested shall, without unavoidable delay be produced before the Magistrate authorized to try the offence for which the arrest has been made, and no person, so arrested, shall be detained in custody for a period exceeding twenty-four hours without an order from the above mentioned Magistrate. ] 2[350D. The acts already done under the provisions of the Punjab Scheduled Roads and Controlled Areas Restriction of Unregulated Development Act, 1963 (Punjab Act 41 of 1963) and the Punjab New Capital (Periphery) Control Act, 1952 (Punjab Act 1 of 1953), within the Municipal area shall be deemed to have been validly done under this Act.] Effect of other laws. Commissioner to carry out functions of the Director. Signature, conditions, duration, suspension, revocation, etc. of licences and written permissions.