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Fire Service Act 1979
125Power of police officer to arrest without warrant in certain cases
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### 125 Power of police officer to arrest without warrant in certain cases
> > (1) A police officer may arrest without warrant a person whom he finds committing a prescribed offence or whom he has reasonable grounds for believing to have committed such an offence.
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> > (2) In this section, ***prescribed offence*** means an offence under –
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> > > > (a) [section 68](#GS68@EN) [(2)](#GS68@Gs2@EN) ;
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> > > > (b) [section 69](#GS69@EN) ;
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> > > > (c) [section 71](#GS71@EN) ;
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> > > > (d) [section 120](#GS120@EN) ; and
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> > > > (e) [section 128](#GS128@EN) [(2)](#GS128@Gs2@EN) [(g)](#GS128@Gs2@Hpg@EN) and [section 128](#GS128@EN) [(2)](#GS128@Gs2@EN) [(h)](#GS128@Gs2@Hph@EN) .