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Powers of Police Officers to arrest offenders against Act, etc.—Any police officer who sees a person committing an offence against any of the provisions of this Act or of any rule or bye-law made thereunder, may arrest such person, if his name and address are unknown to the officer and such person on demand declines to give his name and address or gives a mune and address which the officer has reason to believe to be se, 150 Powers of executwe officer and publke health staff to arrest offenders against Act, etc.—(1) The executive officer of a local authority or any member of the public health establish- ment of a local authority not below the rank of Health or 126 Sanitary Inspector, who sees a person committing any of the offences specified in sub-section (2) in the area over which such officer or member has jurisdiction may arrest such person, if his name and address are unknown to the executive officer or member aforesaid and such person on demand declines to give his name and address or gives a name and address which such officer or member has reason to believe to be false. (2) The offences referred to in sub-section (1) are— (a} offences against any of the provisions of th 3 3°! or of any rule or bye-law made thereunder, and (b) offences falling under any of the provisions of the Acts mentioned below, if such provisions are in force in the area over which the local authority has jurisdiction ; (i) Chapters VII to XIII, both inciusive, of the Tr: vandrum City Municipal Act, read with Section 375 of that Act and Schedules V and VI thereto; (11) Chapters VIT to XIII, both mclusive, of the Tra- vancore District Municipalities Act, J116. read with Section 334 of that Act and Schedules V and VI thereto; (in) Chapters VII to XIJI, both inclusive, of the Cochin Municipal Act, XVIII of 11138, read with Section 321 of that Act and Schedules VII and VIII there- to; and (iv) Section 10 of the Travancore Prevention of Adulte- ration Act 1124 or Section 4 of the Cochin Pre- vention of Food Adulteration Act, XIV cf 1109. 151 Persons arrested not to be detained unnecessarily — No person arrested under Section 149 or Section 150 shall be de- tained in custody— (a) after his true name and address have beer ascer- tained; or (b) for a longer period than under all the circumstances of the case is reasonable, and such period shall not, in the absence of the special order of a Magistrate, whether having jurisdiction to try the case or not exceed twentyfour hours, exclusive of the time necessary for the journey of such person to the court having jurisdiction to try the case 152 Bar of suits and prosccutwns in certain cases.—-(1) No suit, prosecution or other proceeding shall he against any local authority or any executive authority of a local authority or against the Government or any officer or servant of a local authority or of the Government or against any person appointed under Section 10 of this Act, for any act done or purporting to be done under this Act without the previous sanction of the Government. —— 127 (2) No local authority or executive authority of a local authority, no officer or servant of any local authority or of the Government and no person appointed under Section 10 of this Act, shall be hable in respect of any such act in any civil or criminal proceeding if the act was done in good faith in_ the course of the execution of duties or the discharge of functions imposed by or under this Act.