Protected Areas and Protected Places Act · 2017 Revised Edition
8. Seizability and bailability of offences
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
An authorised officer and any person authorised under section 3
authorised officer
“authorised officer” means — (a) any police officer; (b) any person holding a commission in any armed force or in any visiting force; (c) any member of any armed force or of any visiting force performing the duties of a guard or sentry in any protected area or protected place in accordance with orders issued by a person holding a commission in any armed force or visiting force; (d) any person performing the duties of a guard or watchman in a protected area or a protected place and specially authorised in that behalf under section 3; or (e) any member of the Gurkha Reserve Unit;
to exercise the powers of an authorised officer under this Act may without warrant arrest any person found or reasonably suspected of committing or attempting to commit or of procuring or abetting any person to commit an offence against this Act; and for the purposes of the Criminal Procedure
Code (Chapter 7) every offence against this Act shall be seizable.
Bail shall be discretionary in respect of every offence against this Act.
Terms defined in s 2
authorised officer
Defined · s 2“authorised officer” means — (a) any police officer; (b) any person holding a commission in any armed force or in any visiting force; (c) any member of any armed force or of any visiting force performing the duties of a guard or sentry in any protected area or protected place in accordance with orders issued by a person holding a commission in any armed force or visiting force; (d) any person performing the duties of a guard or watchman in a protected area or a protected place and specially authorised in that behalf under section 3; or (e) any member of the Gurkha Reserve Unit;