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Employment Agencies Act 1958 s 18

Employment Agencies Act 1958 s 18

s 18 Power to arrest without warrant

18.—(1) Any police officer or employment agency inspector may arrest without warrant any person whom he or she reasonably believes to be carrying on an employment agency or performing any work or activity mentioned in section 6(2) without a licence. (2) An employment agency inspector making an arrest without warrant must, without unnecessary delay and subject to subsection (3), take or send the person arrested before a Magistrate’s Court. (3) An employment agency inspector must not detain in custody a person arrested without warrant for longer than is reasonable in the circumstances, and such period must not exceed 48 hours exclusive of the time necessary for the journey from the place of arrest to the Magistrate’s Court. (4) Any person who has been arrested by an employment agency inspector may be released on bail, or on that person’s own bond.[19

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