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Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000
sec.381Limit on rearrest
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### sec.381 Limit on rearrest
A person arrested for an offence and released under this part can not be rearrested for the offence unless, because of new evidence, a police officer forms a reasonable suspicion that the person is responsible for the offence.
Subsection (1) does not prevent a person being rearrested for a graffiti offence.
s 381 (prev s 176) renum 2000 No. 22 s 11
amd 2003 No. 19 s 3 sch ; 2013 No. 31 s 68
(sec.381-ssec.1) A person arrested for an offence and released under this part can not be rearrested for the offence unless, because of new evidence, a police officer forms a reasonable suspicion that the person is responsible for the offence.
(sec.381-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not prevent a person being rearrested for a graffiti offence.