(1) All persons shall be bound to conform to the lawful directions of a police officer given in fulfilment of any of his duty under this Chapter.
(2) A police officer may detain or remove any person resisting, refusing, ignoring or disregarding to conform to any direction given by him under sub-section (1) and may either take such person before a Magistrate or, in petty cases, release him as soon as possible within a period of twenty-four hours.
Text as enacted in the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 46 of 2023), in force from 1 July 2024. Source: India Code, Government of India.
Binds all persons to conform to the lawful directions a police officer gives in fulfilment of duties under the Chapter. A police officer may detain or remove a person who resists or disregards such directions, and either take him before a Magistrate or, in petty cases, release him as soon as possible within twenty-four hours.