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MARITIME POWERS ACT 2013 - SECT 76

Arrest for indictable offences

  (1)   A maritime officer may arrest a person if the officer suspects , on reasonable grounds, that the person has committed an indictable offence against an Australian law.

Note:   For dealing with a person who has been arrested, see section   100 .

Release from arrest

  (2)   The person must be released from arrest if, before the person is charged with the offence, the officer ceases to suspect, on reasonable grounds , that the person committed the offence.



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