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Chapter II

25. Arrest without warrant

(1)

Any Religious Enforcement Officer or police officer may, without an order from a Syar'ie Judge and without a warrant, arrest -

(a)

any person committing or attempting to commit or abetting the cominission of any seizable offence in Brunei Darussalam or against whom a reasonable complaint has been made or credible information has been received or a reasonable suspicion exists of his having been so concerned;

(b)

any person committing or attempting to commit in the presence of such officer any offence involving a breach of the peace;

(c)

any person who commits in the presence of such officer an offence and who refuses, on demand of such officer, to give his name and residence, or gives his name or residence which the officer has reason to believe to be false, or his residence is not within Brunei

Darussalam ;

(d)

any person against whom a warrant has been issued under this Code and is still in force, although such warrant is not in his possession;

(e)

any person who obstructs a Religious Enforcement Officer or police officer while in the execution of his duty or who has escaped or attempts to escape from lawful custody;

fl any person having in his possession without lawfhl excuse, the burden of proving which excuse shall lie on such person, any implement for committing a seizable offence:

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(g)

any person in whose possession anything is found which may reasonably be suspected to be the fruits of sariqah, hirabah or ghasab or fraudulently obtained property and who may reasonably be suspected of having committed an offence with reference to such thing ;

(h)

any person taking precautions to conceal his presence under circumstances which afford reason to believe that he is taking such precautions with a view to committing a seizable offence; or

(i)

any person who by repute habitually commits sariqah.

hirabah or ghasab, or habitually receives sariqah, hirabah or ghasab property knowing it to be so.

(2)

If any person liable to be arrested under this Code is not arrested at the time of committing the offence for which he is so liable, or after arrest makes his escape. he may at any time thereupon be arrested and be dealt with as if he has been arrested at the time of committing the offence.

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Chapter III

Chapter IV

Part

Information to Religious Enforcement Officers and Police Officers and Their Powers to Investigate

Part

Proceedings in Prosecution

Chapter II

Chapter IIL

Chapter V

Chapter VI

Chapter VII

Chapter VIII

Chapter X

Chapter XI

Chapter XII

Chapter XIII

Part

Appeal and Revision

Chapter 11

Part

Special Proceedings

Chapter IX

Part

General

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