Criminal Procedure Code · Updated to 1 May 2023 · Chapter XII · Preventive Action of the Police
103. Police to prevent seizable offences
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seizable offence
Defined · s 2
“seizable offence” means an offence for which and “seizable case” means a case in which a police officer may ordinarily arrest without warrant according to the third column of the First Schedule; NOTE―The Postal Services Act 1991 has since been repealed by the Postal Services Act 2012 ―see subsection 110(1)…