Section 11. Seizable offences and seizable cases (CONTROL AND RESTRICTION OF THE PROPAGATION OF NON - ISLAMIC RELIGIONS ENACTMENT 1989

ENACTMENT NO 5 OF 1989
CONTROL AND RESTRICTION OF THE PROPAGATION OF NON - ISLAMIC RELIGIONS ENACTMENT 1989

PART III - ENFORCEMENT AND MISCELLANEOUS

Section 11. Seizable offences and seizable cases

(1) All offences and cases under this Enactment shall be deemed to be seizable offences and seizable cases for the purposes of the Criminal Procedure Code [F.M.S. Cap. 6].

(2) An authorised officer or any police officer not below the rank of an Inspector may arrest without warrant any person suspected of having committed any offence under this Enactment.

(3) When an authorised officer exercises his power of arrest under subsection (2), he shall declare his office and authority and produce for inspection to any person against whom he is acting an authority card to be prescribed by the Ruler.

(4) An authorised officer may call upon any police officer for assistance in the exercise of the powers conferred by subsection (2), and it shall be the duty of every police officer to comply with any such request.

(5) An authorised officer making an arrest under subsection (2) shall without unnecessary delay make over the person so arrested to a police"officer or take such person to the nearest police station; and the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code shall apply in relation to the person so arrested.