CrPC § 52 · Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Repealed on 1 July 2024
Section 52 CrPC — Power to seize offensive weapons
Replaced from 1 July 2024 by BNSS 50 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. Offences committed on or before 30 June 2024 are still charged under the CrPC.
The law now: BNSS 50 — Power to seize offensive weapons
The police officer or other person making any arrest under this Sanhita may, immediately after the arrest is made, take from the person arrested any offensive weapons which he has about his person, and shall deliver all weapons so taken to the Court or officer before which or whom the officer or person making the arrest is required by this Sanhita to produce the person arrested.
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in). The Gazette of India is the authoritative text. BNSS 50 in full