(1) Police custody shall be a measure whereby, for purposes of criminal investigation and the
establishment of the truth, a suspect is detained in a judicial police cell, wherein he remains for
a limited period available to and under the responsibility of a judicial police officer.
(2) Except in case of a felony or a misdemeanour committed flagrante delicto, and unless
strong corroborative evidence exists against him, a person with a known place of abode may
not be remanded in police custody.
(3) Save in the cases provided for in sub-sections (1) and (2) above, no person may be
remanded in police custody for the purpose of criminal investigation without the written
approval of the State Counsel.
(4) Mention of this approval shall be made in the police report.
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