Queensland Consolidated Acts

CRIMINAL CODE 1899 - SECT 548

548 Arrest of persons found committing offences

(1) It is lawful for a justice to arrest without warrant any person whom the justice finds committing any indictable offence or committing any simple offence with respect to which it is provided that a person found committing it may be arrested without warrant.

(2) When it is provided with respect to an offence that a person found committing the offence may be arrested without warrant generally, it is lawful for any person who finds another committing the offence to arrest the other person without warrant.

(3) When it is provided with respect to an offence that a person found committing the offence may be arrested without warrant by a specified person, or specified persons, it is lawful for any such person who finds another committing the offence to arrest the other person without warrant.