29. Amendment of section 48 of the principal enactment

Section 48 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the repeal of subsection (2) thereof and the substitution therefor of the following:—

“(2) Every officer making an arrest under this section shall, without unnecessary delay, produce the person arrested to the nearest police station together with a statement stating the commission of the offence with which the accused is charged. The

Officer-in-Charge of the police station shall, forthwith, take or send the person arrested to the nearest Magistrate:

Provided however, that where the arrest of any person under this section is made by a Forest

Officer or any Officer of the Department of Wild Life

Conservation, such person shall be taken to the Range

Forest Officer or a Wild Life Ranger respectively who shall produce the arrested person before the nearest

Magistrate without any delay.”.