Gaming Machine Act 1995
181Power to request name and address by police officers
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181 Power to request name and address by police officers (1) A member of the Police Force may, in connection with the exercise of the powers or the discharge by the member of any duties under this Act, request a person to state the person's full name, address and date of birth or any of those particulars. (2) If a member of the Police Force suspects, on reasonable grounds, that any of the particulars stated following a request under subsection (1) is false, the member may request evidence of the correctness of the particulars. (3) A person requested under this section to state the person's name, address and date of birth who: (a) fails to immediately state those particulars; or (b) states false particulars, (4) A person requested under this section to produce evidence of the correctness of particulars who: (a) fails to produce the evidence; or (b) produces false evidence with respect to those particulars,
Gaming Machine Act 1995 158 (5) A member of the Police Force may arrest without warrant a person who, when requested under this section: (a) to state the person's name, address and date of birth or any of those particulars; or (b) to produce evidence of the correctness of any such particulars, fails to do so or states a name, address or date of birth or produces evidence that, in the opinion of the member, is false. (6) A member of the Police Force who makes a request of a person under this section shall warn the person when making the request that failure to comply with the request or to state false particulars or to produce false evidence with respect to the particulars requested is an offence against this Act.