law: Scheduled Castes and The Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989
  18. Section 438 of the Code not to apply to persons
  
  committing an offence under the Act
  Nothing in section 438 of the Code shall apply in relation to
  
  any case involving the arrest of any person on an accusation of having
  
  committed an offence under this Act.