Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

POLICE ACT 1927

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

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   1.      This Act may be cited as the Police Act 1927.1  
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   14.     (1) Notwithstanding any law or custom to the contrary, it shall be lawful for the Commissioner to issue general search warrants to such members of the Police Force as she or he thinks fit.  
   16.     Any member of the Police Force may stop, search, and detain—  
   17.     (1) Any member of the Police Force may—  
   19.     Any member of the Police Force may, without a warrant, take into custody—  
   20.     Any member of the Police Force, and all persons whom she or he calls to her or his assistance, may take into custody, without a warrant, any person who, within view of the member, commits any offence against this Act or against the Police Offences Act 1930, if such person's name and residence is unknown to the member, and cannot be ascertained by her or him.  
   21.     (1) Any member of the Police Force, or any other person, with or without a warrant, may apprehend any reputed thief, or any loose, idle, or disorderly person, or any reputed rogue and vagabond or incorrigible rogue who, within view of the member or person, commits any offence against this Act or the Police Offences Act 1930.  
   22.     Any person found committing any offence punishable upon summary conviction—  
   23.     Any person to whom any property is offered to be sold, pawned, or delivered, if she or he has reasonable cause to suspect—  
   24.     (1) Any person apprehended without a warrant shall, as soon as practicable, be delivered into the custody of the member of the Police Force who is in charge of the nearest police station, in order that the person may be secured until—  
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