https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=45403 Authorised Central Excise Officers may arrest without warrant where they have reason to believe that a person is liable to punishment under the Central Excise Act, 1944. The non-cognizable character of offences applies within criminal procedure and restricts police powers, but does not limit the separate substantive arrest power conferred on authorised departmental officers. Procedural requirements for searches and arrests govern the manner of exercising that power rather than curtailing it. Specific statutory provisions concerning arrest were treated as illustrations of the broader arrest authority, not exceptions. The legal position therefore permits warrantless arrest by a duly authorised officer on the prescribed reasonable-belief standard. en-us Wed, 07 Apr 1999 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 10 Jul 2010 13:17:38 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=45403 Authorised Central Excise Officers may arrest without warrant where they have reason to believe that a person is liable to punishment under the Central Excise Act, 1944. The non-cognizable character of offences applies within criminal procedure and restricts police powers, but does not limit the separate substantive arrest power conferred on authorised departmental officers. Procedural requirements for searches and arrests govern the manner of exercising that power rather than curtailing it. Specific statutory provisions concerning arrest were treated as illustrations of the broader arrest authority, not exceptions. The legal position therefore permits warrantless arrest by a duly authorised officer on the prescribed reasonable-belief standard. Case-Laws Central Excise Wed, 07 Apr 1999 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=45403