Power of arrest

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act to the contrary, a police officer or a person authorized by the Agency in that behalf (hereinafter referred to as “the authorized person”) may, within any prescribed border point, arrest, with or without a warrant, any person who– (a) contravenes or is suspected on reasonable grounds of contravening or having contravened any provision of this Act or of any Regulations made thereunder; (b) having been so requested under section 36, fails or refuses to correctly state his name and address or the purpose of his being at the border point; and (c) having been removed from a border point under section 36, returns or attempts to return thereto without the approval of a police officer or an authorized person, provided that any person arrested under this section by an authorized person shall as soon as practicable be handed over by him to a police officer or taken by him to a police station.