Protection against arrest and detention: Article 22 provides safeguards against of arrest and detention in the following ways: a. No one can be detained in custody without providing grounds for arrest. b. The arrested and detained person has a right to consult and to be defended by a legal practitioner of his or her choice. c. A person who is arrested and detained in custody should be produced before the nearest magistrate within a period of twenty-four hours. The travel time is not counted towards the twenty-four hours time frame. d. No such person can be detained in custody beyond twenty-four hours without the authority of a magistrate. The above safeguards do not apply to a person from an enemy country. Also, they do not apply to persons arrested or detained under preventive detention laws. |