law: Passports Act, 1967
  13. Power to arrest
  (1) Any officer of customs empowered by a
  
  general or special order of the Central Government in this behalf and any
  
  10[officer of police or emigration officer] not below the rank of a
  
  sub-inspector may arrest without warrant any person against whom a reasonable
  
  suspicion exists that he has committed any offence punishable under section 12
  
  and shall, as soon as may be, inform him of the grounds for such arrest.
  (2) Every officer making an arrest under this
  
  section shall, without unnecessary delay, take or send the person arrested
  
  before a magistrate having jurisdiction in the case or to the officer in charge
  
  of the nearest police station and the provisions of 11[section 57 of the Code
  
  of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974)] shall, so far as may be, apply in the
  
  case of any such arrest.