Section 17: Person found stealing
consolidated text (as at 2011, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
17. Person found stealing
Where any person is found committing a larceny or otherwise fraudulently
taking, obtaining, converting or receiving, or maliciously injuring any property
when such offence would be punishable by imprisonment, he may be immediately, or on fresh pursuit made, apprehended without a warrant, by any
officer or by the owner of the property on or with respect to which the offence is committed, or by his servant or any person authorised by him, and
forthwith taken before the Magistrate to be dealt with according to law.
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Questions this section answers
- Can a shop owner arrest me on the spot if they catch me stealing?