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CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1953 - SECT 25



25.(1) A member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary may arrest without warrant
any person whom he reasonably suspects of having or conveying in any manner
anything stolen or unlawfully obtained.

(2) Where a person is seen or found committing or attempting to commit or is
reasonably suspected of committing or attempting to commit or is reasonably
suspected of having committed or attempted to commit an offence against any of
the following provisions:

Para.(a) rep. by 1969 c.16 (NI) s.31(2) sch.3 Pt.II

(b)section thirteen of the Debtors Act (Ireland), 1872;

Para.(c) rep. by 1969 c.16 (NI) s.31(2) sch.3 Pt.II

(d)section fifty-nine of the Summary Jurisdiction and Criminal Justice Act
(Northern Ireland), 1935;

Para.(e) rep. by 1969 c.13 (NI) s.42(1) sch.5

Subs.(3) rep. by 1968 c.28 (NI) s.14 sch.3

(4) No member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary shall be liable for any loss or
damage occasioned by or in the course of the exercise of any of the powers
conferred on him by this section, unless such loss or damage was caused by him
wantonly or maliciously.

S.26 rep. by SLR 1976


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