Section 45
of Wild Life Protection Ordinance, 1998
Section 45
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Any Wild Life Officer, police officer or customs officer may, without warrant, arrest any person who is reasonably suspected of having committed an offence against this Ordinance, if such person refuses to give his name and address, or gives a name and address which the officer has reasonable grounds for believing to be false, or if such officer has reasonable grounds for believing that, unless such person is arrested, he may escape, or that an unreasonable amount of delay, trouble or expense in making him answerable to justice will ensue.
(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 an officer empowered to compound the offence in accordance with section 47.
(3)
Whenever a Wild Life Officer, police officer or customs officer has reasonable cause to suspect that an offence under this
Ordinance has been committed, he may enter upon any land or premises for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this
Ordinance, or for the purpose of preventing or detecting offences under this Ordinance, and may search any vessel, vehicle, building, enclosure or place under the control of the person suspected, his agents or servants:
Provided that no woman shall be searched under this subsection except by a woman.