Cap 171 s 7B Arrest without warrant (Fisheries Protection Ordinance)

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Chapter:	171	Title:	Fisheries Protection Ordinance	Gazette Number:	13 of 2012
Section:	7B	Heading:	Arrest without warrant	Version Date:	15/06/2012

(1) If the Director or a fisheries inspector or authorized officer has reasonable grounds for suspecting that a person has committed an offence under this Ordinance and it appears that service of a summons is impracticable because of any reason set out in subsection (2), the Director, fisheries inspector or authorized officer may arrest the person without a warrant.
(2) The reasons are—

(a) the name of the person is unknown to, and cannot readily be ascertained by, the Director, fisheries inspector or authorized officer;

(b) there are reasonable grounds for doubting whether a name given by the person as the person’s name is the person’s real name;

(d) there are reasonable grounds for doubting whether an address given by the person is a satisfactory address for service.

(3) For the purposes of subsection (1), the Director, fisheries inspector or authorized officer may use all means necessary to effect the arrest.
(4) If the Director or a fisheries inspector or authorized officer arrests a person under this section, the Director, fisheries inspector or authorized officer must as soon as possible take the person to the nearest police station or hand the person over to the custody of a police officer to be dealt with in accordance with the Police Force Ordinance (Cap 232).

(Added 13 of 2012 s. 12)