Essential Commodities Act, 1955
10AA. Power to Arrest.
Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code
of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), no officer below the rank of an
officer incharge of a police station or any police
officer authorized by him in this behalf in writing, shall arrest any person
accused of committing an offence punishable under this Act. 66 ]