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421 PDFTitle:RABIES ORDINANCEGazette Number:L.N. 331 of 1999
Section:17Heading:Power of arrestVersion Date:01/01/2000

(1) An authorized officer, being an officer of the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department of the rank of Field Officer II or above, may arrest- (Amended L.N. 331 of 1999)

        (a) any person whom he has reasonable grounds to believe has committed an offence under section 13, 14 or 15; and
        (b) any person resisting or obstructing him in exercising any power or performing any duty under this Ordinance.
(2) Where an authorized officer arrests a person under subsection (1) he shall forthwith take the person to the officer in charge of a police station and thereafter section 52 of the Police Force Ordinance (Cap 232) shall apply.
(Enacted 1992)