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20 37 Entry of police in private places—Every Police Officer, if he has good and sufficient reasons, for which he shall be accountable and responsible, shall have power to enter in any private place by giving due consideration for custom, decency, privacy and propriety, for the purpose of ensuring security or for preventing imminent danger.

Provided that the Police Officer shall, as far as possible, strive to obtain the co-operation and consent of the person in charge of the building and premises before exercising the said power.

38 Police to interfere for preventing offence—(1) Any Police Officer shall lawfully interfere to prevent and stop to the best of his ability any offence going on or about to take place in his presence or vicinity.

(2) For this purpose, he may lawfully demand and accept the services of any able-bodied adult person on the place and no person shall disobey, without reasonable cause, the lawful and reasonable directions so given by the said Officer present at the place.

(3) No Police Officer shall arrest or remove a person solely on the ground that he disobeyed such directions Moreover, no legal proceedings shall be initiated against such person without the prior permission of the District Police Chief, on the ground that he failed to render the services sought for.

39 Lawful directions of police to be complied with—(1) All persons shall comply with the lawful directions given by a Police Officer for the discharge of his functions under the Act.

(2) For ensuring the compliance of any lawful direction during the discharge of any lawful duty conferred on any Police Officer under this Act or any Rule, regulation or order made thereunder, a Police Officer may,—
 * (a) warn a person, who is about to commit an offence punishable under any law or any rule or order made under any law, for preventing the same,
 * (b) require any person to comply with any law which specifies the manner in which such person shall act on his own matter or in the matter of another person or 'on any matter under his charge,
 * (c) subject to the provisions of clauses (a) and (b), a Police Officer may arrest any person who is committing an offence or has committed an offence in his presence of such arrest is considered lawfully necessary,
 * (d) seize any articles which is used or about to be used for committing the offence,