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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 9.11

9.11 .         Persons found committing breach of Act to give name on demand

        (1)         An employee of a local government who is authorised by the local government for the purposes of this section may, upon —

            (a)         finding a person committing; or

            (b)         on reasonable grounds suspecting a person of having committed,

                an offence against this Act, demand from the person the person’s name, place of residence and date of birth.

        (2)         An employee of a local government who is authorised by the local government for the purposes of this section may, for the purpose of investigating the suspected commission of an offence against this Act, examine a vehicle and demand from the person apparently in charge of it —

            (a)         the person’s name, place of residence and date of birth; and

            (b)         the name and address of the owner of the vehicle (as defined in section 9.13(1)); and

            (c)         whether the vehicle is licensed.

        (3)         A person from whom information is demanded in accordance with this section commits an offence if the person —

            (a)         refuses without lawful excuse to give the information; or

            (b)         gives information that is false or misleading in any material particular.

        (4)         If, when a person’s name, place of residence and date of birth is demanded under subsection (1), the person commits an offence against subsection (3), the person who made the demand may, without other warrant than this section, arrest the offender.

        [Section 9.11 amended: No. 49 of 2004 s. 65.]



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