Section 3: Arrest without warrant
consolidated text (as amended). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
3. Arrest without warrant
A police officer may arrest without warrant any person who has committed or is reasonably suspected by him of having committed an offence under
this Act where—
(a) he has reasonable grounds for believing that person will abscond
unless arrested; or
(b) the name and address of that person are unknown to him and
cannot be ascertained by him.