law: Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
  
  55.Procedure when police officer deputes subordinate to arrest without
  
  warrant.-
  (1) When any officer in charge of a police
  
  station or any police officer making an investigation under Chapter XII
  
  requires any officer subordinate to him to arrest without a warrant (otherwise
  
  than in his presence) any person who may lawfully be arrested without a
  
  warrant, he shall deliver to the officer required to make the arrest an order
  
  in writing, specifying the person to be arrested and the offence or other cause
  
  for which the arrest is to be made and the officer so required shall, before
  
  making the arrest, notify to the person to be arrested the substance of the
  
  order and, if so required by such person, shall show him the order.
  (2) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall affect the power of a police officer to
  
  arrest a person under section 41.