On 24/05/2013,
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incorporating all amendments published on or before 24/05/2013.
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15I.
—(1) An inspector authorised by the Director in that behalf may —
(a)
arrest without warrant any person whom he reasonably suspects of committing or having committed an offence under this Act; and
(b)
search the person arrested and seize anything which the inspector reasonably believes may be required as evidence for the purposes of proceedings in respect of an offence under this Act.
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(2) Where the inspector makes an arrest under subsection (1)(a), he shall, without unnecessary delay, produce the person before a Magistrate.
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(3) The inspector shall not detain in custody a person arrested under subsection (1)(a) for a longer period than is reasonable under the circumstances of the case.
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(4) The period that a person arrested under subsection (1)(a) may be detained in custody shall not exceed 48 hours, excluding the time for any necessary journey to the Magistrate’s Court.
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(5) No woman or girl may be searched under subsection (1)(b) except by a woman.
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(6) When a person is arrested under subsection (1)(a) or appears or is brought before a court and is prepared at any time while in the custody of the inspector or at any stage of the proceedings before the court to give bail, that person shall be released on bail by any inspector in such cases as are specified in orders issued by the Director or by that court.
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(7) The inspector or the court, if he or it thinks fit, may, instead of taking bail from that person under subsection (6), discharge him on his executing a bond without sureties as may be sufficient to secure his appearance.
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