Section 25 — POLICE ACT 1967

(2)

The power conferred on a senior police officer under subsection (1) shall not be exercised by him except―

(a)

where he has reasonable grounds to believe that the aircraft mentioned in that subsection is being or has been used in the commission of a seizable offence; or

(b)

for the purpose of arresting any person reasonably suspected of having committed a seizable offence.

(3)

Any order to stop or to land given under subsection (1) shall be transmitted to an aircraft by the officer for the time being in charge of air traffic control; but no aircraft shall be ordered to land at any aerodrome or at any other place which, in the opinion of the officer for the time being in charge of air traffic control, is unsafe for use by such aircraft.

(4)

Section 24 relating to the moving, detention and release of any vehicle and vessel detained under that section shall apply to an aircraft detained under this section as if references therein―

(a)

to any police officer shall be construed as references to a senior police officer;

(b)

to the nearest Police District headquarters or to any Officer in Charge of such Police District were construed as references to the nearest aerodrome and to the Officer in

Charge of the Police District in which such aerodrome is situated.

(5)

Any person who fails without reasonable cause to comply with an order given under subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence under this Act.

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