1984 Ed.]
Police Force
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officer in charge of a police station if he deems fit to hand over such person to the custody of the appropriate authority of Her Majesty's forces for detention by such authority; but where such person is so detained in custody he shall be produced before the officer in charge of a police station when required and, if charged, before a magistrate as soon as practicable and in any case not later than 48 hours from the time of apprehension.
53. Any warrant lawfully issued for any purpose may be executed by any police officer at any time notwithstanding that the warrant is not in his possession at the time, but the warrant shall, on the demand of the person affected, be shown to him as soon as practicable after its execution.
54. It shall be lawful for any police officer to stop and search and if necessary to arrest and detain for further inquiries any person whom he may find in any street or other public place, or on board any vessel, or in any conveyance, at any hour of the day or night, who acts in a suspicious manner or whom he may suspect of having committed or of being about to commit or of intending to commit, any offence.
55. It shall be lawful for any police officer to stop, search and detain any vessel, boat, vehicle, horse or other animal or thing in or upon which there is reason to suspect that anything stolen or unlawfully obtained may be found and also any person who may be reasonably suspected of having or conveying in any manner anything stolen or unlawfully obtained; and any person to whom any property is offered to be sold or delivered, if he has reasonable cause to suspect that any such offence has been committed with respect to such property, or that the same or any part thereof has been stolen or otherwise unlawfully obtained, is hereby authorized and if it is in his power, is required to apprehend and detain such offender and as soon as may be to deliver him into the custody of a police officer together with such property to be dealt with according to law.
56. It shall be lawful for a police officer to stop and detain until due inquiry can be made, any person whom, and any vehicle, horse or other animal or thing which he finds employed in removing the furniture of any house or lodging between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m., or whenever such officer has good grounds for believing that such removal is made for the purpose of evading the payment of rent.
57. (1) When any person having charge of any vehicle, boat, horse or any other animal or thing is taken into the custody of a police officer under this Ordinance, it shall be lawful for any such officer to take charge of such horse, vehicle or boat or such other animal or thing and to deposit the same in some place of safe custody as a security for payment of any penalty to which the person having had charge thereof may become liable and of any expenses necessarily incurred for taking charge of and keeping the same.
Power of arrest.
Search, arrest and detention.
Power to stop, search and detain vessels, etc., or person suspected of conveying stolen property.
Power to detain person, etc., removing furniture in night-time.
Detention and sale of vehicle, etc. of person apprehended.