Search and Surveillance Bill

  • enacted

Stopping vehicle without warrant to effect arrest

9 Stopping vehicle to find persons unlawfully at large or who have committed certain offences

  • A constable may stop a vehicle without a warrant to arrest a person if the constable has reasonable grounds—

    • (a) to suspect that a person—

      • (i) is unlawfully at large; or

      • (ii) has committed an offence punishable by imprisonment; and

    • (b) to believe that the person is in or on the vehicle.