s 47 Powers of arrest and search in respect of arrestable offences
47.—(1) Any officer of the Postal Authority deputed by the Postal Authority to act under this section or any police officer may arrest without warrant —(a) any person found committing or attempting to commit or employing or aiding any person to commit an arrestable offence under this Act; or (b) any person against whom a reasonable suspicion exists that the person has been guilty of an arrestable offence under this Act, and may search any person so arrested, except that no female is to be searched except by a female. [10/2021] (2) Every person so arrested must, together with any article as to which an offence may have been committed or attempted to be committed, be taken to a police station.[34/2007] (3) For the purposes of this section, offences punishable under sections 28, 31, 34(1) and (4), 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 39B, 39E, 39H(1), 39I(1) and 39J(1) are deemed to be arrestable offences within the meaning of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010.[10/2021]