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Criminal Procedure Code 2010 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 6 · Arrest and Bail and Processes to Compel Appearance
75. How to arrest
Feedback & support(1)
In making an arrest, the police officer or other person must touch or confine the body of the person to be arrested unless he or she submits to arrest by word or action.
police officer
Defined · s 2
“police officer” has the meaning given by the Police Force Act 2004;
(2)
If the person forcibly resists or tries to evade arrest, the police officer or other person may use all reasonable means necessary to make the arrest.