Malaysia legislation
Section 36
Section 36
(2)
Any authorized person or police officer may, without warrant, arrest any person reasonably suspected of having been concerned in any such offence or if the person refuses to give his name and residence, or gives a name and residence which such authorized person or police officer has reason to believe is false, or that he will abscond.
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(3)
Every authorized person or police 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, if the offence is compoundable under this Ordinance or its regulations, to an authorized person or police officer empowered under that section to offer such compound:
Provided that, in the latter case, if the arrested person refuses to accept the offer to compound the alleged offence, he shall forthwith be sent to the officer in charge of the nearest police station.
(4)
Where the person arrested under this section is required, for the purposes of investigation, to be detained for more than twenty-four hours, section 55 shall apply.
When person may be released on personal bond, etc.