Public Order Act · s 38

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s 38Seizability and bailability of offences

(1)

A police officer 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.

(2)

Bail shall be discretionary in respect of every offence against this

Act other than an offence under section 28.