61Offenders to give name and address on demand

61 Offenders to give name and address on demand S. 61(1) amended by Nos 41/1987 s. 103(Sch. 4 item 76.61), 90/1989 s. 17(3), 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 184.15). (1) Any person found offending against any of the provisions of this Act or the regulations or any proclamation or any notice under section 86 or 86A shall on demand by an authorised officer or by a police officer give his name and place of residence. S. 61(2) amended by No. 90/1989 s. 17(3). (2) In subsection (1) the expression "found offending" extends to the case of a person found doing or committing to do any act, matter, or thing or behaving or conducting himself in such a manner or in such circumstances that the person finding him believes on reasonable grounds that the person so found has in respect of any such act, omission, behaviour, or conduct committed an offence against this Act or the regulations or any proclamation or any notice under section 86 or 86A. S. 61(2A) inserted by No. 11/2014 s. 24, amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 184.16). (2A) An authorised officer or a police officer who intends to give a banning notice to a person may request the person to state the person's name and place of residence. S. 61(2B) inserted by No. 11/2014 s. 24, amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 184.17). (2B) An authorised officer or a police officer who makes a request under subsection (2A) must inform the person of the authorised officer's or police officer's intention to give the person a banning notice. S. 61(3) amended by Nos 41/1987 s. 103(Sch. 4 item 76.61), 70/1990 s. 12(1)(g), 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 184.18). (3) Any person who refuses to give his name or place of residence upon demand by an authorised officer or police officer or who gives a false name or place of residence shall be guilty of an offence against this Act. S. 61(4) amended by Nos 41/1987 s. 103(Sch. 4 item 76.61), 57/1989 s. 3(Sch. item 219.3), 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 184.19). (4) Any person who on demand by an authorised officer or by a police officer refuses to give his name or address or gives a name or place of residence which the authorised officer or police officer reasonably suspects to be false may be arrested by the authorised officer or police officer without warrant and taken before a bail justice or the Magistrates' Court to be dealt with according to law.