Section 182: Control of traffic at fires
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182. Control of traffic at fires
(1) The senior police officer present at a fire may stop and regulate the
traffic, vehicular or pedestrian, on a road, if he considers it necessary or desirable to do so for—
(a) the purpose of facilitating the extinguishing of the fire; or
(b) the safety or protection of life or property.
(2) Any person disregarding or failing to obey a reasonable order of the
senior police officer, or any police officer acting under his authority, given
with the object of implementing subsection (1), shall commit an offence.
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- Can a police officer stop and control traffic near a fire?