Bail where offender taken into custody without warrant

A person taken into custody without warrant for a summary conviction offence shall be brought before a magistrate as soon as practicable after he is so taken into custody, and in the meantime any police officer not below the rank of corporal may inquire into the matter and, except where the offence appears to that officer to be of a serious nature, shall discharge the prisoner, upon his entering into a recognisance, with or without sureties, for a reasonable amount to appear before the court at the time and place specified in the