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Police Force
[1984 Ed.
Delegation of certain
powers by Commissioner.
information of the police force provided that such orders are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance or police regulations or police general orders.
48. [Repealed, 42 of 1977, s. 14]
49. The Commissioner may delegate any of his powers under section 40, 41, 42 or 43 to any member of the police force by office or any public officer attached to the police force and such delegations will be published in police general orders.
{ Amended, 42 of 1977, s. 15)
Arrest, detention and bail of
suspected persons and seizure of suspected property.
PART VII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
50. (1) It shall be lawful for any police officer to apprehend any person who may be charged with or whom he may reasonably suspect of being guilty of any offence without any warrant for that purpose and whether he has seen such offence committed or not and also any person whom he may reasonably suspect of being liable to deportation from the Colony.
(2) If any such person forcibly resists the endeavour to arrest him or attempts to evade the arrest, such officer or other person may use all means necessary to effect the arrest.
(3) If any such officer has reason to believe that any person to be arrested has entered into or is in any place the person residing in or in charge of such place shall on demand of any such officer allow him free ingress thereto and afford all reasonable facilities for search therein.
(4) If ingress to such place cannot be obtained under subsection (3) it shall be lawful in any case for a person acting under a warrant and in any case in which a warrant may issue but cannot be obtained without affording the person to be arrested an opportunity of escape from a police officer, to enter such place and search therein and in order to effect an entrance into such place to break open any outer or inner door or window of any place whether that of the person to be arrested or of any other person if, after notification of his authority and purpose and demand of admittance duly made, he cannot otherwise obtain admittance.
(5) Any police officer or other person authorized to make an arrest may break open any place in order to liberate himself or any other person who having lawfully entered for the purpose of making an arrest is detained therein.
(6) Where any person is apprehended by a police officer it shall be lawful for such officer to search for and take possession of any