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Officers of Central Narcotics Bureau to exercise powers conferred on police officers under sections 44, 45 and 46, etc.

Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions) Act 1955

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—(1) Subject to this section, the powers conferred upon a police officer under sections 44, 45 and 46 may be exercised by an officer of the Central Narcotics Bureau.(2) The powers conferred upon a police officer of or above the rank of assistant superintendent under sections 44(2) and 46 may be exercised by the Director, a Deputy Director or a Divisional Director of the Central Narcotics Bureau.(3) The power conferred upon an officer of or above the rank of superintendent of police under section 44(3) may be exercised by the Director or a Deputy Director of the Central Narcotics Bureau.(4) Subject to subsection (5), where the power conferred upon an officer of or above the rank of superintendent of police under section 44(3), or the power conferred upon a police officer under section 45(1), is exercised by an officer of the Central Narcotics Bureau in accordance with this section, the duty to report to the Commissioner of Police under those sections shall be read as a duty to report in a similar manner to the Director of the Central Narcotics Bureau.(5) The duty to report to the Director of the Central Narcotics Bureau referred to in subsection (4) shall not apply where the power under section 44(3) or 45(1) was exercised by the Director of the Central Narcotics Bureau himself.(6) In any case relating to the commission of an offence under section 33(3), an officer of the Central Narcotics Bureau —(a)has all the powers of a police officer under the Criminal Procedure Code 2010 in relation to an investigation into an arrestable offence; and(b)for the purposes of exercising such powers, is deemed to be a police officer not below the rank of inspector of police.(7) In this section —“Director”, “Deputy Director” and “Divisional Director”, in relation to the Central Narcotics Bureau, mean the Director, a Deputy Director and a Divisional Director, respectively, of the Central Narcotics Bureau appointed under section 3 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1973;“officer of the Central Narcotics Bureau” means the Director, a Deputy Director, a Divisional Director or any other officer of the Central Narcotics Bureau appointed under section 3 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1973.

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