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Corrections Act 2004

Corrections system - Miscellaneous - Power to arrest persons unlawfully at large

184: Arrest of person unlawfully at large

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"Police can arrest you if you're supposed to be in prison but are free instead"

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If you have been sentenced to imprisonment or sent to a prison, but you are not supposed to be free, a constable or officer can arrest you without a warrant. They can take you to a place where you can be lawfully detained. You can be taken to this place by a constable or officer if you are unlawfully at large, meaning you are not where you are supposed to be.

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Miscellaneous: Power to arrest persons unlawfully at large

184Arrest of person unlawfully at large

  1. Any constable or officer may arrest without warrant any person who, having been sentenced to imprisonment or having been committed to a prison, is unlawfully at large, and may take him or her to any place where he or she may be lawfully detained.

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  • 1954 No 51 s 41
Notes
  • Section 184: amended, on , pursuant to section 116(a)(ii) of the Policing Act 2008 (2008 No 72).