(1) Judicial police officers shall be empowered to check the identity and situation of any
suspected person, in accordance with the provisions of section 32, and where necessary, may
detain him in a special police custody for not longer than 24 hours.
(2) Upon the expiry of this period, the person so detained shall be released, unless the
detention is justified on some other legal ground otherwise the judicial police officer may be
prosecuted under the provisions of section 291 of the Penal Code.
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