Procedure of arrest and duties of officer making arrest

Every police officer while making an arrest shall,-

• (a) bear an accurate, visible and clear identification of his name which will facilitate easy identification;

• (b) prepare a memorandum of arrest which shall be,-

(i) attested by at least one witness, who is a member of the family of the person arrested or a respectable member of the locality where the arrest is made;

(ii) countersigned by the person arrested; and

(c) inform the person arrested, unless the memorandum is attested by a member of his family, that he has a right to have a relative or a friend named by him to be informed of his arrest.