Power of Arrest,
Search arrest and detention.
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shall forthwith estreat the recognizance: Provided that if the person apprehended appears and makes application for a postponement of the hearing of the charge against him, the magistrate may enlarge the recognizance to such further time us he may think proper, and when the matter has been heard and determined such recognizance shall be discharged without fee or reward.
(3) If, upon a person being taken into custody as aforesaid, it appears to the officer in charge of the police station or a police officer authorised in that behalf by the Commissioner that the inquiry into the case cannot be completed forthwith, he may discharge the said person on his entering into a recognizance, with or without sureties, for a reasonable amount to appear at such police station and at such time as is named in the recognizance, unless be previously receives a notice in writing from the officer in charge of the police station or a police officer authorised in that behalf by the Commissioner that his attendance is not required; and any such recognizance may be enforced as if it were a recognizance for the appearance of the said person before a magistrate.
(4) Whenever any person apprehended with or without warrant is a member of His Majesty's Forces it shall be lawful for the officer in charge of a police station if he deerus fit to hand over such person to the custody of the appropriate authority of His Majesty's Forces for deteution by suchı authority; but where such person is so detained in custody be 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 forty eight hours from the time of apprehension.
52. 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.
53. 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.
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detain
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stolen
54. It shall be lawful for any police officer to stop, Power search and detain any vessel boat vehicle borse or other animal search and or thing in or upon which there in reason to suspect that any- vessels, thing stolen or unlawfully obtained may be found and also etc., or any person who may be reasonably suspected of having or perans conveying in any manner anything stolen or unlawfully conveying obtained; and any person to whom any property if offered to property. 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 authorised 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.
decain person, etc.,
fornitore
55. It shall be lawful for a police officer to stop and Power to detain until due inquiry can be made, any person whom, and any vehicle horse or other animal or thing which he finds removing employed in removing the furniture of any house or lodging in night- between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m., or whenever such officer has good time, grounds for believing that such removal is made for the purpose of evading the payment of rent.
und wale
56. (1) When any person having charge of any vehicle Detention boat horse or any other animal or thing is taken into the of vehicla custody of a police officer under this Ordinance, it shall be etc. of lawful for any such officer to take charge of such horse vehicle per
prehended. 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.
(2) It shall be lawful for the magistrate before whom the case is heard to order such vehicle boat horse or such other animal or thing to be sold for the purpose of satisfying such penalty and reasonable expenses, in default of payment thereof, in like manner as if the same had been subject to be distrained and had been distrained for the payment thereof.
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57. Notwithstanding any provision of any enactment Power of relating to public health or sanitation which limits the power arrest in to institute summary proceedings in certain cases, it shall be certain lawful for any police officer to institute summary proceedings ngainat before a magistrate against any person contravening any such sanitation.
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