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Motor Vehicles Act 1949
126Power to demand name and address and to arrest without
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126 Power to demand name and address and to arrest without
warrant
(1) A person shall not, when required by a member of the Police Force,
or by an inspector, in the execution of his duty under this Act, to
state his name or place of abode, refuse to do so, or when so
required state a false name or place of abode.
(2) Any member of the Police Force may arrest without warrant any
person committing or reasonably suspected of committing an
offence against the provisions of this section, and may keep him in
custody until he can be admitted to bail or taken before a court to
be tried for an offence committed by him or of which he is
suspected.