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Criminal Procedure Code 2010 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 6 · Arrest and Bail and Processes to Compel Appearance
86. Public assistance in arrests
Feedback & supportEvery person is bound to help a police officer or any other person authorised to make an arrest reasonably demanding the person’s aid —
police officer
Defined · s 2
“police officer” has the meaning given by the Police Force Act 2004;
(a)
in arresting a person whom the police officer or other person is authorised to arrest;
(b)
in preventing a breach of the peace or in preventing any person from damaging any public property; or
property
Defined · s 2
“property” means money and all other property, movable or immovable, including things in action and other intangible or incorporeal property;
(c)
in suppressing a riot or an affray.