27. Any person who commits any offence punishable under section 26 may be lawfully arrested, without any warrant or written authority, by any officer of the Board not below the rank of an inspector of the Board, or by any other person whom such officer may call to his aid or by any police officer, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Code of Criminal Procedure Act, and every person so arrested shall forthwith -
| (a) be produced before a Magistrate to be dealt with
according to law; or
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| (b) where it is impracticable so to do, be handed over to
the officer in charge of the nearest police station to
be dealt with according to law:
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