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RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1983 No. 130, 1983 - SECT 69

Powers of arrest

69. (1) An inspector may, without warrant, arrest any person, if the inspector
believes on reasonable grounds-

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

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

(2) Where an inspector (other than a member of a police force who is in
uniform) arrests a person under sub-section (1), he shall-

   (a)  in the case of a member of a police force-produce, for inspection by
        that person, written evidence of the fact that he is a member of a
        police force; or

   (b)  in any other case-produce his identity card for inspection by that
        person.

(3) Where a person is arrested under sub-section (1), an inspector shall
forthwith bring the person, or cause him to be brought, before a Magistrate or
other proper authority to be dealt with in accordance with law.

(4) Without limiting the generality of the meaning of any expression in
sub-section (1), where-

   (a)  an inspector requests a person whom he finds committing, or whom he
        believes on reasonable grounds to have committed, an offence against
        this Act, being a person whose full name or usual place of residence
        are unknown to the inspector, to state his full name or usual place of
        residence, as the case may be; and

   (b)  the person-

        (i)    refuses or fails to comply with the request; or

        (ii)   whether or not in compliance, or purported compliance, with the
               request, states as his full name or usual place of residence a
               name or a place, as the case may be, that the inspector
               believes on reasonable grounds to be false or misleading in a
               material particular, the inspector shall be taken, for the
               purposes of paragraph (1) (b), to have reasonable grounds for
               believing that proceedings against the person by summons in
               respect of the offence will not be effective.

(5) Nothing in this section prevents the arrest of a person in accordance with
any other law. 


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