Section 27
Arrest by private persons and procedure in such cases
Any private person may arrest any person who, in his view, commits a non-bailable and seizable offence or who has been proclaimed under section 44 and shall without unnecessary delay hand over the person so arrested to the nearest police officer or, in the absence of a police officer, take that person to the nearest police station.
(2)
If there is reason to believe that such person comes under the provisions of section 23 a police officer shall rearrest him.
(3)
If there is reason to believe that he has committed a non-seizable offence and he refuses on the demand of a police officer to give his name and residence or gives a name or residence which the officer has reason to believe to be false or gives a residence which is not within
Malaysia he shall be dealt with under section 24.
(4)
If there is no reason to believe that he has committed an offence he shall be at once released.
(5)
Any person who commits an offence on or with respect to the property of another may if his name and address are unknown be apprehended by the person injured or by any person who is using the property to which the injury is done, or by the servant of either of those persons or by any person authorized by or acting in aid of either of those persons, and may be detained until he gives his name and address and satisfies such person that the name and address so given are correct or until he can be delivered into the custody of a police officer.
Criminal Procedure Code 41
(6)
If any person lawfully apprehended under subsection (5)
assaults or forcibly resists the person by whom he is so apprehended or any person acting in his aid he shall be liable to a fine of one hundred ringgit.
How person arrested is to be dealt with and detention for more than twenty-four hours