law: Arms Act, 1959
  37. Arrest and searches -
  Save as otherwise provided in this Act,
  (a) All arrests and searches 
  
  made under this act or under any rules made there under shall be carried out in 
  
  accordance with the provisions of the [ [Note: Subs. by Act 25 of 1983, s. 14, (w.e.f. 
  
  22-6-1983) ] Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974)], relating 
  
  respectively to arrests and searches made under that Code;
  (b) Any person arrested and 
  
  any arms or ammunition seized under this Act by a person not being a magistrate 
  
  or a police officer shall be delivered without delay to the officer in charge of 
  
  the nearest police station and that officer shall-
  (i) Either release that 
  
  person on his executing a bond with or without sureties to appear before a 
  
  magistrate and keep the things seized in the custody till the appearance of that 
  
  person before the magistrate, or
  (ii) Should that person fail 
  
  to execute the bond and to furnish, if so required, sufficient sureties, produce 
  
  that person and those things without delay before the magistrate.