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Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000
sec.656Giving directions and making requirements
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### sec.656 Giving directions and making requirements
This section applies if a watch-house officer who is exercising a power of a police officer because of this part in relation to an entrant to a watch-house or a person in custody at a watch-house—
gives the person a direction; or
make a requirement of the person.
The person must comply with the direction or requirement, unless the person has a reasonable excuse.
Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.
Section 633 applies to the giving of a direction or the making of the requirement in the same way as it applies to a police officer when giving an oral direction or making an oral requirement.
s 656 ins 2006 No. 26 s 61
(sec.656-ssec.1) This section applies if a watch-house officer who is exercising a power of a police officer because of this part in relation to an entrant to a watch-house or a person in custody at a watch-house— gives the person a direction; or make a requirement of the person.
(sec.656-ssec.2) The person must comply with the direction or requirement, unless the person has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.
(sec.656-ssec.3) Section 633 applies to the giving of a direction or the making of the requirement in the same way as it applies to a police officer when giving an oral direction or making an oral requirement.
- (a) gives the person a direction; or
- (b) make a requirement of the person.