Merchant Shipping (Salvage and Wreck) Act, 1993
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PART V Offences and Miscellaneous Provisions | ||
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Power of arrest. |
59.—(1) Where with reasonable cause a member of the Garda Síochána suspects that an offence under section 7 (3), 9 (4) or 10 (3), subsection (1) or (4) of section 56 or section 64 is being or has been committed and so suspects a person is committing or of having committed the offence, the member may arrest the person without warrant. | |
(2) Where with reasonable cause a member of the Garda Síochána— | ||
(a) suspects that an offence under this Act, other than an offence to which subsection (1) relates, has been committed or attempted, and | ||
(b) suspects a person of having committed the offence or having made the attempt, | ||
then the member may arrest the person without warrant if— | ||
(i) with reasonable cause the member suspects that the person, unless arrested, either will abscond for the purposes of evading justice or will obstruct the course of justice, or | ||
(ii) having enquired of the person, the member has reasonable doubts as to the person's identity or place of abode, or | ||
(iii) having enquired of the person, the member knows that the person does not ordinarily reside in the State, or has reasonable doubts as to whether the person so resides. | ||
(3) Nothing in paragraph (i), (ii) or (iii) of subsection (2) shall be construed so as to apply in a case to which a person is required to accompany a member of the Garda Síochána to a Garda Síochána station for the purpose of section 10 (2) and who fails to comply with the requirement. |