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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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