Section 20 - Procedure to be followed by officer-in-charge of police station.- - Central Excise Act, 1944

Section 20. Procedure to be followed by officer-in-charge of police station.- The officer-in-charge of a police station to whom any person is forwarded under section 19 1 [shall, where the offence is non-cognizable, either admit him] to bail to appear before the Magistrate having jurisdiction, or in default of bail forward him in custody to such Magistrate. **************** Notes: 1. Substituted vide Finance Act 2013, w.e.f. 10th May, 2013, before it was read shall either admit him .