21. Amendment of section 55

Section 55 of the principal Act is amended —

by deleting the words “a seizable offence” wherever they appear in subsection (2) and substituting in each case the words “an arrestable offence”;

by deleting the words “non‑seizable offence” in subsection (3) and substituting the words “non‑arrestable offence”; and

by deleting subsection (4) and substituting the following subsection:“(4) In this section, “arrestable offence” and “non‑arrestable offence” have the same meanings as in section 2(1) of the Criminal Procedure Code.”.