Police Act 2008 - Kerala Police

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c) Order any person who, in the opinion of the police, if left to continue his
activities unbridled, will carry on activities prejudicial to the maintenance
of Law and Order, to leave a given area and confine himself to some
other area for a period not exceeding one week, and keep the police
informed of his whereabouts in the manner prescribed by the police;
d) Suspend all arms and explosive licenses and direct the licensees to
deposit their weapons with the police;
e) Search any person or vehicle or container entering or leaving the area;
53. Procedure for Arrests:
1. The police officer making the arrest shall caution the arrestee that he is being
placed under arrest and inform the grounds of arrest.
2. The arrestee must be informed of his right to have someone informed of his
arrest as soon as he is put under arrest.
3. The police officer carrying out the arrest shall prepare a memo of arrest at the
time of arrest and such memo shall be attested by at least one witness if available,
who may be either a member of the family of the arrestee or a respectable person of
the locality from where the arrest is made. It shall also be countersigned by the
arrestee and shall contain the time and date of arrest.
4. The arrestee shall be also examined at the time of his arrest with due regard for
decency, and visible injuries, if any present on his person, must be recorded at that
time in an "Inspection Memo" signed both by the arrestee and the police officer
effecting the arrest and its copy provided to the arrestee.
5. The police officers carrying out the arrest and handling the interrogation of the
arrestee shall carry appropriate identification and the arrestee shall be at liberty to ask
for such identification.
6. An entry shall be made in the diary at the Police Station regarding the arrest of
the person.
7. A person who has been arrested and is being held in custody in a Police Station,
shall be entitled to have one friend or relative or other person known to him or having
interest in his welfare being informed, as soon as practicable, that he has been