Section 17

Any penghulu or penggawa, any police officer or any officer of the Drainage and Irrigation Department not below the rank of

Inspector, may arrest without warrant any person found committing an offence against sections 11, 12 or 13, and shall forthwith bring such person before the officer in charge of the drainage area who may, if so empowered, compound the offence under section 18 or may order the person arrested to be produced before a Magistrate.