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CASINO CONTROL ACT 2006 - SECT 121 Detention of suspected person

CASINO CONTROL ACT 2006 - SECT 121

Detention of suspected person

    (1)     This section applies if a casino official suspects, on reasonable grounds, that a person (the suspected person ) in the casino is committing, or has committed, an offence.

    (2)     The official must detain the suspected person in a suitable place in the casino until a police officer arrives.

    (3)     The official commits an offence if—

        (a)     the official detains the suspected person; and

        (b)     does any of the following in relation to the suspected person:

              (i)     uses more force than is necessary and reasonable;

              (ii)     fails to tell the suspected person of the reasons for the detention;

              (iii)     fails to immediately tell a police officer of the detention and the reasons for the detention.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.