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| (1) In making an arrest the person making the same shall actually touch or confine the body of the person to be arrested unless there be a submission to the custody by word or action and shall inform the person to be arrested of the nature of the charge or allegation upon which he is arrested. |
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| (2) If such person forcibly resists the endeavour to arrest him or attempts to evade the arrest, the person making the arrest may use such means as are reasonably necessary to effect the arrest. |
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| (3) Anything in this section shall not give a right to cause the death of a person who is not accused of an offence punishable with death. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts