Criminal Code (Cap. 9)

Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 355X

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355X. (1) Any police officer may arrest without warrant anyone who is in the act of committing or has just committed a crime punishable with imprisonment, or whom he reasonably suspects to be about to commit or of having just committed such a crime. (2) Any police officer may also proceed to the arrest of any person in respect of whom an alert for his arrest has been ente red in the Schengen Information System. (3) Any police officer may also proceed to the arrest of any person who knowingly, or after due warning, obstructs or distur bs him in the execution of his dutie s, or disobeys his lawful orde rs. (4) The powers mentioned in sub-articles (1), (2) and (3) shall only be exercised until it is st rictly necessary for the police officer to convey the person arrested to a police station and deliver h im to a superior officer not bel ow the rank of sergeant. Detention without warrant under Schengen Information System. Added by: L.N. 274 of 2007.

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