On 22/05/2013,
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21.
—(1) Any police officer or employment inspector may arrest without warrant any person whom he reasonably believes —
(a)
is employing a foreigner —
(i)
without a valid work pass; or
(ii)
otherwise than in accordance with the conditions of a work pass;
(b)
is a foreign employee or self-employed foreigner who is working without a valid work pass;
(c)
has obstructed an employment inspector who is discharging his duties under this Act;
(d)
has made any statement or furnished any information to the Controller or an employment inspector under this Act which is false in any material particular or is misleading by reason of the omission of any material particular;
(e)
has given, sold, forged or unlawfully altered a work pass;
(f)
has used or, without lawful authority, has possession of a forged or an unlawfully altered work pass, or a work pass which is issued to another person; or
(g)
(2) An employment inspector making an arrest without warrant shall, without unnecessary delay and subject to subsection (4), take or send the person arrested before a Magistrate’s Court.
[30/2007]
(3) No employment inspector shall detain in custody a person arrested without warrant for longer than is reasonable in the circumstances, and such period shall not exceed 48 hours exclusive of the time necessary for the journey from the place of arrest to the Magistrate’s Court.
[30/2007]
(4) Any person who has been arrested by an employment inspector may be released on bail, or on his own bond, by an employment inspector.
[30/2007]