Sch 1 (The Criminal Code), s 550
In forceArrest during flight
Schedule 1The Criminal Code
Part 8Procedure
550 Arrest during flight
It is lawful for any person to arrest without warrant any other person whom the person believes, on reasonable grounds, to have committed an offence and to be escaping from, and to be freshly pursued by, some person whom, on reasonable grounds, the person believes to have authority to arrest the other person for that offence.
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