When in a street or a place of public resort a person is in possession or suspected to be in possession of any article which a police officer in good faith suspects to be stolen property, such police officer may search such person and may require an account in relation to any article found in his possession and should the account given by the possessor be manifestly false or suspicious, may detain such article after giving to the possessor a receipt in the prescribed form and report the facts to a Metropolitan Magistrate who shall thereupon proceed according to the provisions of sections 457, 458 and 459 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974).
Section 61 Power to enter places of public resort
Section 62 Power to search suspected persons in street, etc
Section 63 Emergency duties of police
Section 64 Superior police officer may himself perform duties imposed on a subordinate officer
Section 65 Persons bound to comply with the reasonable directions of police officer
Section 66 Police to take charge of unclaimed property
Section 67 Procedure for disposal of property taken charge of under section 66
Section 68 Delivery of property to person entitled
Section 69 In default of claim, property to be at disposal of Government