[180-A. Inquiry by officer authorised to ascertain commission of offence.
180-B. Powers of officer authorised to inquire.
(i) summon and enforce the attendance of any person and record his statement;
(ii) require the discovery and production of any document;
(iii) requisition any public record or copy thereof from any office, authority or person;
(iv) enter and search any premises or person and seize any property or document which may be relevant to the subject-matter of the inquiry.
180-C. Disposal of persons arrested.
180-D. Inquiry how to be made against arrested person.
(2) For this purpose, the officer authorised may exercise the same powers and shall be subject to the same provisions as the officer in charge of a police station may exercise and is subject to the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), when investigating a cognisable case:
(a) if the officer authorised is of the opinion that there is sufficient evidence or reasonable ground of suspicion against the accused person, he shall either admit him to bail to appear before a Magistrate having jurisdiction in the case, or forward him in custody to such Magistrate;
(b) if it appears to the officer authorised that there is not sufficient evidence or reasonable ground of suspicion against the accused person, he shall release the accused person on his executing a bond, with or without sureties as the officer authorised may direct, to appear, if and when so required, before the Magistrate having jurisdiction.
180-E. Search, seizure and arrest how to be made.
180-F. Cognizance by Court on a complaint made by officer authorised.
180-G. Punishment for certain offences in relation to inquiry.
Section 180 • The Railways Act, 1989
180. Arrest of persons likely to abscond, etc.
railways-act-1989-sec-180.json
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Section 180
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