Section 27
Power of arrest and search
of National Parks and Nature Reserves Ordinance, 1998
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(1)
Any park officer or police officer may, without a warrant, arrest any person who is reasonably suspected of having committed an offence against this Ordinance or any regulations made hereunder, if such person refuses to give his name and address or gives a name and address which there is reason to believe is false, or if there is reason to believe that he may escape.
(2)
Every officer making an arrest under this section shall, without unnecessary delay, take or send the person arrested to the officer-in-charge of the nearest police station or to the Controller or any other park officer empowered under section 28 to compound the offence:
Provided that in the latter case, if the arrested person refuses to compound the alleged offence, he shall forthwith be sent to the officer-in-charge of the nearest police station to be dealt with according to the law.
(3)
Whenever a park officer or a police officer has reasonable cause to suspect that an offence against this Ordinance or any regulations made hereunder, has been committed, he may search any conveyance, building or place under the control of the person suspected, his agents or servants.