Section 10C: Arrest without warrant and detention

10C. Arrest without warrant and detention (1) Notwithstanding section 4 of the District and Intermediate Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) Act, an investigating officer may, without warrant, arrest any person who has committed, attempts to commit, or is reasonably suspected of having committed or attempted to commit, an offence under this Act, where that investigating officer has reasonable grounds to believe that the person will abscond or where the name and address of that person cannot be immediately ascertained. (2) An investigating officer may seize and detain any money, material, equipment, article, document or other movable property found in possession or control of a person arrested with or 688 Acts 2023 without a warrant for an offence under this Act, where such money, material, equipment, article, document or other movable property is reasonably suspected of being, having been, or intended to be used in connection with the offence.