Protection Against Arrest and Detention

(1) No person who is arrested shall be detained in custody without being informed, as soon as may be, of the grounds of such arrest nor shall he be denied the right to consult, and to be defended by, a legal practitioner. (2) Every person who is arrested and detained in custody shall be produced before the nearest magistrate within twenty-four hours of such arrest and shall not be detained beyond the said period without the authority of a magistrate. (3) Nothing in clauses (1) and (2) shall apply to any person who is an enemy alien or to any person who is arrested or detained under any law providing for preventive detention.