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POLICE ADMINISTRATION ACT 1978 - SECT 124

Arrest of person where warrant issued

    (1)     A member of the Police Force may, without warrant, arrest and take into custody any person who the member has reasonable cause to believe is a person for whose apprehension or committal a warrant has been issued by any Supreme Court Judge, Local Court Judge or justice of the peace.

    (2)     Where a member arrests a person under subsection (1), the member shall, as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter, produce or cause to be produced to the person the warrant authorising his apprehension or committal, where the person has been apprehended in pursuance of a warrant authorising his apprehension, and the person shall be charged with the offence specified in the warrant.



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