Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts

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This legislation has been repealed.

POLICE ACT 1927 (REPEALED) - SECT 19

19. Any member of the Police Force may, without a warrant, take into custody—

        (a)     any person whom she or he has reasonable or probable cause for believing or suspecting to be a person for whose apprehension a warrant has been issued by any magistrate; and

        (b)     any person who is charged by any other person with committing any felonious assault, in every case in which the member has good reason to believe that the assault has been committed, although not within view of the member, and that by reason of the recent commission of the offence a warrant could not have been obtained for the apprehension of the offender.

Police may apprehend any offender whose name and residence is unknown



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