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Section 23

Power of arrest

of FEED ACT 2009

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Section 23
(1)

An authorized officer may arrest without warrant any person who commits or attempts to commit, or whom the authorized officer reasonably suspects of committing or attempting to commit, any offence under this Act or any regulations made under this Act if such person refuses to furnish his name or address or furnishes an address out of Malaysia or there are reasonable grounds for believing that he has furnished a false name or address or that he is likely to abscond.

(2)

Where any person is arrested under subsection (1), he shall thereafter be dealt with as provided by the Criminal Procedure

Code [Act 593].