128 Arrest without warrant
Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (1999 c 33) | Legislation

Part VII Power to Arrest, Search and Fingerprint

Power to arrest

128  Arrest without warrant

In the 1971 Act, after section 28, insert—

“28A Arrest without warrant

(1)     A constable or immigration officer may arrest without warrant a person—

(a)     who has committed or attempted to commit an offence under section 24 or 24A; or

(b)     whom he has reasonable grounds for suspecting has committed or attempted to commit such an offence.

(2)     But subsection (1) does not apply in relation to an offence under section 24(1)(d).

(3)     An immigration officer may arrest without warrant a person—

(a)     who has committed an offence under section 25(1);

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