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457 No person to be arrested without warrant except under this Act etc.

After the commencement of the Crimes (Powers of Arrest) Act 1972 no person shall be arrested without warrant except pursuant to the provisions of—

(a) this Act; or

(b) some other Act expressly giving power to arrest without warrant.

S. 458 substituted by No. 8247 s. 2, amended by No. 57/1989 s. 3(Sch. item 42.47).