(1) If a person is to be arrested in connection with the investigation of an offense under this Act, the investigating officer shall submit an application to the investigating officer for permission to arrest, including the reason and the details of the identity of such person.
(2) If there is reason to arrest from the application under sub-section (1), the officer hearing the case may grant permission to issue an arrest warrant.
(3) A person for whom an arrest warrant has been issued in accordance with sub-section (2) shall be arrested by the investigation officer, forest employee or security personnel and brought before the officer who will hear the case within twenty-four hours, excluding the time limit for the journey.
(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), if the person committing the offense is not immediately apprehended, if such person escapes, or if he has reasonable cause to steal or destroy evidence, or if a person related to the offense is found absconding or is found committing an offence, the investigating officer , the forest related staff or the security personnel shall immediately issue an arrest warrant to such a person and bring the arrested person together with the arrested person before the officer who will hear the case for approval. But if the person to be arrested in this way is a woman, as far as possible, women forest personnel or women security personnel should be used.
(5) If the investigation is not completed within twenty-four hours with respect to a person arrested in connection with a crime, and it is deemed necessary to continue the investigation by keeping him in custody, the investigating officer shall bring him before the investigating officer and detain him only with the permission of the investigating officer. According to this, when asking for permission, the reason for the indictment of the detained person, the basis of which should be investigated while he is in custody, and if his statement has been written, the use of the statement should be clearly mentioned.
(6) If permission to detain in accordance with sub-section (5) is requested, the officer hearing the case will look at the relevant documents and consider whether the investigation has been satisfactory or not, and if it appears that the investigation is being carried out satisfactorily, he may repeatedly grant permission to detain for a maximum of twenty-five days.