23. Power to arrest without warrant

(1)

Any forest officer or police officer may, without a warrant, arrest any person reasonably suspected of having been concerned in a forest offence punishable with imprisonment for one month or upwards if —

(a)

such person —

(i)

refuses to give his name and residence; or

(ii)

gives a name and residence which there is reason to believe is false: or

(b)

there is reason to believe that he will abscond.

(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, if the offence is compoundable under section 32, before an officer empowered under that section to accept compensation:

Forest

Provided that in the latter case, if the arrested person refuses to compound the alleged offence, such officer empowered under section 32 shall forthwith send such arrested person to the officer in charge of the nearest police station.

Report

Read on from s 23A

Part IV

Rules

Read on from Part IV