19Power to require offenders to disclose identity and leave subject land

19 Power to require offenders to disclose identity and leave subject land

(1)  Where an employee has reasonable grounds for believing that a person has committed, or is committing, an offence against this Act, he may –

(a) require that person to state his name and the address of his place of abode; and

(b) require that person to leave, and to remove his possessions from, the subject land.

(2)  A person who –

(a) when required under this section to state his name and the address of his place of abode, fails or refuses to give his full name and that address or gives a name and address that is false; or

(b) when required under this section to leave, and remove his possessions from, the subject land, fails to do so, or does not do so with reasonable expedition –

is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding 2 penalty units.