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STORMONT REGULATION AND GOVERNMENT PROPERTY ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1933 - SECT 2

Powers and duties of rangers and police.

2.(1) Any person appointed by the Ministry of Finance to secure the observance
of the regulations made under the foregoing provisions of this Act and in
force with respect to the Stormont Estate (in this Act referred to as a
"ranger") shall, in such part of the Estate as may be specified in the
regulations, have all such powers, privileges and immunities, be liable to
perform such duties, and be subject to such responsibilities, as if such
ranger were a constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary on duty.

A ranger shall obey such lawful commands as he may from time to time receive
from the Ministry of Finance in respect of his conduct in the execution of his
office.

(2) A ranger in uniform, and any persons whom such ranger may call to his
assistance, may take into custody, without a warrant, any person who in such
part of the Stormont Estate as aforesaid within the view of such ranger fails
to comply with or acts in contravention of any regulation made by the Ministry
of Finance under this Act, in any case where the name and residence of the
person offending is unknown to, and cannot be ascertained by, such ranger. A
person so taken into custody may be handed over to, and kept in custody by, an
officer or constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary; and the ranger by whom
a person has been so handed over shall, as soon as may be, take such steps as
may be proper to have that person dealt with according to law.

(3) Where any person offending as aforesaid, on being required by a ranger or
by an officer or constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary to give his name
and address, gives a false name or false address, such person shall on
conviction be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.

(4) Where any person is convicted by a court of summary jurisdiction of an
assault upon a ranger when in the execution of his duty, such person shall be
liable in the discretion of the court either

(a)to pay a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds and in default of payment to
be imprisoned for a term not exceeding six months; or

(b)to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding six months.

(5) Arrangements may be made between the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry
of Home Affairs whereby officers and constables of the Royal Ulster
Constabulary shall have the powers and duties of a ranger within the
Stormont Estate; and, if such arrangements are made, the provisions of this
section shall have effect accordingly.

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