s 28 Power to arrest
28.—(1) The licensing officer or any police officer duly authorised in writing in that behalf by the licensing officer may without warrant arrest any person whom he or she reasonably suspects to have committed an offence under this Act, other than an offence under section 17A, 17B or 17C.[Act 29 of 2021 wef 01/05/2022] (1A) Despite the Criminal Procedure Code 2010* specifying what an arrestable offence means, an offence under section 17A, 17B or 17C is to be treated as a non-arrestable offence, unless a person offends in the view of a police officer against any of those sections.[Act 29 of 2021 wef 01/05/2022] [*Updated to be consistent with the 2020 Revised Edition] (2) The licensing officer or any police officer duly authorised in writing in that behalf by the licensing officer arresting a person under subsection (1), or any police officer arresting a person by virtue of subsection (1A), may search such person and take possession of all articles found upon him or her which there is reason to believe were used in connection with the offence.[Act 29 of 2021 wef 01/05/2022] (3) A person must not be searched except by a person of the same gender. (4) Every person so arrested must be taken to a police station.