[Rev. 2012] Criminal Procedure Code CAP. 75 (2) Persons found committing an offence involving injury to property may be arrested without a warrant by the owner of the property or his servants or persons authorized by him. 35. Disposal of person arrested by private person (1) A private person arresting another person without a warrant shall without unnecessary delay make over the person so arrested to a police officer, or in the absence of a police officer shall take that person to the nearest police station. (2) If there is reason to believe that the person comes under section 29, a police officer shall rearrest him. (3) If there is reason to believe that he has committed a non-cognizable offence, and he refuses on the demand of a police officer to give his name and residence, or gives a name or residence which the officer has reason to believe to be false, he shall be dealt with under section 32. (4) If there is no sufficient reason to believe that he has committed an offence he shall at once be released. 36. Detention of persons arrested without warrant When a person has been taken into custody without a warrant for an offence other than murder, treason, robbery with violence and attempted robbery with violence the officer in charge of the police station to which the person has been brought may in any case and shall, if it does not appear practicable to bring that person before an appropriate subordinate court within twenty-four hours after he has been so taken into custody, inquire into the case, and, unless the offence appears to the officer to be of a serious nature, release the person on his executing a bond, with or without sureties, for a reasonable amount to appear before a subordinate court at a time and place to be named in the bond, but where a person is retained in custody he shall be brought before a subordinate court as soon as practicable: Provided that an officer in charge of a police station may release a person arrested on suspicion on a charge of committing an offence, when, after due police inquiry, insufficient evidence is, in his opinion, disclosed on which to proceed with the charge. [Act No. 22 of 1959, s. 6, Act No. 13 of 1988, Sch.] 37. Police to report apprehensions Officers in charge of police stations shall report to the nearest magistrate the cases of all persons arrested without warrant within the limits of their respective stations, whether those persons have been admitted to bail or not. 38. Offence committed in magistrate’s presence When an offence is committed in the presence of a magistrate within the local limits of his jurisdiction, he may himself arrest or order any person to arrest the offender, and may thereupon, subject to the provisions of this Code as to bail, commit the offender to custody. C44 - 25 [Issue 1]