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Section 29

Powers of arrest

of Sarawak Biodiversity Centre Ordinance, 1997

State OrdinanceIn forceProvision 33 of 41
Section 29

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(1)

The Chief Executive Officer or any other officer authorized to exercise the powers of entry or investigation under section 26 may arrest without warrant any person whom he reasonably suspects of committing or attempting to commit or aiding any person to commit any offence under this Ordinance and—

(a)

who refuses to furnish his name and address; or

(b)

who furnishes a name or address reasonably suspected of being false or who furnishes an address outside Malaysia; or

(c)

who is reasonably suspected of being likely to abscond.

(2)

Every person so arrested shall as soon as possible be delivered into the custody of a police officer to be dealt with according to law.

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Where person may be released on personal bond