Commonwealth Numbered Acts

IMMIGRATION (UNAUTHORIZED ARRIVALS) ACT 1980 No. 112 of 1980 - SECT 26

26. (1) A person who is-

   (a)  an officer of the Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs; or

   (b)  an officer for the purposes of the Customs Act 1901, may, without
        warrant, arrest a person if he has reasonable grounds to believe-

   (c)  that the person is committing or has committed any offence against
        this Act; and

   (d)  that proceedings against the person by summons would not be effective.

(2) A person who arrests another person in accordance with sub-section (1)
shall, forthwith after the arrest, take the other person before a magistrate
to be dealt with according to law or deliver the person into the custody of a
member of the Australian Federal Police or of the Police Force of a State or
Territory.

(3) This section does not affect any power to arrest a person without warrant
that is conferred by any other law of the Commonwealth or by a law of a State
or Territory on a person other than a police officer.