Police powers
14 Police powers
If a member of the Police Force believes a person is breaking, or has broken, one of these by-laws, he or she can ask the person for the person’s name and address.
If a member of the Police Force asks you for your name and address under by-law 14(1), you must tell him or her.
If a member of the Police Force believes that a person —
• is breaking, or has broken, one of these by-laws; or
• is going to injure other people or damage property,
that member of the Police Force can arrest the person and remove him or her from the community lands.
A person arrested under by-law 14(3) must be released after being dealt with by a court for the breach or alleged breach and in any event must not be kept in custody for longer than 24 hours.
By-law 14(4) does not affect the operation of the Bail Act 1982.
A member of the Police Force can remove from the community lands any thing, including but not limited to vehicles and animals, if he or she believes it is connected with, or is evidence of, an offence against these by-laws.
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