Destitute Persons Act 1989 s 18

s 18 Arrest of escaped destitute person

18. Any person who is reasonably suspected of having committed an offence under section 16 or 17 and who refuses or fails to accompany a police officer to, or to appear before, a Magistrate’s Court when required to do so for the purposes of this Act may be arrested without a warrant.

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