Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

POLICE ACT 1927 (REPEALED) - SECT 23

        (a)     that any offence punishable upon summary conviction has been committed with respect to the property; or

        (b)     that the property, or any part thereof, has been stolen or otherwise unlawfully obtained,

may apprehend and detain the person so offering the property, and as soon as may be deliver her or him into the custody of a member of the Police Force, together with the property, to be dealt with according to law.

Persons arrested without a warrant, how dealt with

24. (1) Any person apprehended without a warrant shall, as soon as practicable, be delivered into the custody of the member of the Police Force who is in charge of the nearest police station, in order that the person may be secured until—

        (a)     he or she can be brought before a magistrate to be dealt with according to law; or

        (b)     he or she is set at liberty on bail in accordance with the provisions of the Bail Act 1992 .

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    THE SCHEDULE     Section 14

THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

To—

    You are hereby authorized, at any time of the day or night and with or without assistants or others, to enter and search any house, building, premises or place where you have reasonable cause to suspect that any stolen goods are, and to break open such house, building, premises or place and to break open and search any cupboards, drawers, chests, trunks, boxes, packages or other things, whether fixtures or not, in which you have reasonable cause to suspect that any goods obtained by any felony or misdemeanour may be found.

    This warrant shall remain in force for *     months from the date hereof.

    Dated this     day of     19 .

        Commissioner of Police.

* Insert period, which must not be more than six months.