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← Intoxicating Substances Act 1987

Intoxicating Substances Act 1987 s 7

s 7 Powers of arrest

7.—(1) Any officer of the Bureau, police officer or special police officer may arrest without warrant any person who has committed or whom the officer reasonably suspects to have committed an offence under this Act. (2) Any person arrested under subsection (1), together with any article liable to seizure, must be taken to the Central Narcotics Bureau or a police station and may be searched. (3) A woman must not be searched under this Part except by another woman and with strict regard to decency. (4) An officer making an arrest under this section may seize and detain any article liable to seizure.

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