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Australian Protective Service Act 1987
17How arrested person to be dealt with
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##### 17 How arrested person to be dealt with
(1) A protective service officer who arrests a person for an offence shall ensure that the person is forthwith delivered into the custody of a police officer to be dealt with according to law.
(2) Where a weapon or other thing has been seized from the person under subsection 16(5), the protective service officer shall ensure that the weapon or other thing is delivered to the police officer into whose custody the person is delivered.