MARITIME POWERS ACT 2013 (NO. 15, 2013) - SECT 76 Arrest for indictable offences

MARITIME POWERS ACT 2013 (NO. 15, 2013) - SECT 76

             (1)  A maritime officer may arrest a person if the officer suspects, on reasonable grounds, that the person has committed an indictable offence against an Australian law.

Note:          For dealing with a person who has been arrested, see section 100.

Release from arrest

             (2)  The person must be released from arrest if, before the person is charged with the offence, the officer ceases to suspect, on reasonable grounds, that the person committed the offence.