Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) It shall be the
duty of every member of the police force and authorised officer who shall
produce his authority who finds any person committing a breach of any of the
provisions of this Act, or of any regulation or local law, to demand from such
person his name and place of abode, and to report the fact of such breach and
the name and place of abode of such person, as soon as conveniently may be, to
the proper authority.
(2) Any such person
who refuses to state his name and place of abode when required by a member of
the police force or authorised officer who produces his authority so to do,
may, without any other warrant than this Act, be apprehended by such officer
to be dealt with according to law.
(3) Any person who
refuses to state his name and place of abode, or states a false name or place
of abode, commits an offence.
[Section 352, formerly section 276, renumbered as
section 352: No. 38 of 1933 s. 42; amended: No. 71 of 1948 s. 14; No. 113 of
1965 s. 8(1); No. 24 of 1970 s. 12; No. 80 of 1987 s. 167; No. 59 of 1991
s. 5; No. 14 of 1996 s. 4; No. 59 of 2004 s. 141; No. 19 of 2016 s. 99.]