160 Arrest without warrant S. 160(1) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 107.8). (1) A police officer may arrest without warrant any person who— S. 160(1)(a) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 107.8). (a) within sight of the police officer, commits an offence against this Act or the regulations; and (b) on being requested to give his or her name and address— (i) refuses or fails to give his or name and address; or S. 160(1)(b)(ii) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 107.8). (ii) gives a name or address that the police officer reasonably suspects to be false. S. 160(2) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 107.8). (2) If a person who is arrested for an offence under this Act or the regulations was in charge of a vessel, any police officer may take charge of the vessel and may move it to an appropriate place and keep or leave it there— (a) pending the admission of the arrested person to bail; or (b) if the arrested person is not the owner of the vessel, pending a demand for the vessel by its owner.

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