Sashastra Seema Bal Act, 2007
70. Duty of commanding officer in regard to
detention.
1. It
shall be the duty of every commanding officer to take care that a person under
his command when charged with an offence is not detained in custody for more
than forty-eight hours after the committal of such person into custody is
reported to him, without the charge being investigated, unless investigation in
the prescribed procedure, within that period seems to him to be impracticable
having regard to the public service.
2. The
case of every person being detained in custody beyond a period of forty-eight
hours, and the reasons therefore, shall be reported by the commanding officer
to the next higher officer or such other officer to whom an application may be
made to convene a Force Court for the trial of the person charged.
3. In
reckoning the period of forty-eight hours specified in sub-section (1) ,
Sundays and other public holidays shall be excluded.
4. The
manner in which and the period for which any person subject to this Act may be
taken into and detained in Force custody, pending the trial by any competent
authority for any offence committed by him, shall be in such manner as may be
prescribed.