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Section 69

Power to arrest

of Animals Act 1953

ActIn forceProvision 75 of 102
Section 69
(1)

A veterinary authority, a police officer or an officer of customs may arrest without warrant any person whom he sees or finds committing or attempting to commit or whom he reasonably suspects of being engaged in committing or attempting to commit any offence against this Act if the person—

(a)

refuses to give his name and residence;

(b)

gives a name or residence which has reason to believe to be false;

(c)

he is likely to abscond; or

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(d)

gives his residence in a place not within Malaysia.

(2)

Every person so arrested under subsection (1) shall without unnecessary delay be handed over to the nearest police officer or in the absence of a police officer be taken to the nearest police station.

(3)

The police officer shall re-arrest every person so arrested under subsection (1) and deal with it as provided for under section 24

of the Criminal Procedure Code [Act 593].