Immigration Act 1959 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 6 · Miscellaneous
51AB. Power to arrest other persons within authorised area, etc.
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This section applies to a person within or in the vicinity of an authorised area who —
has an arrest warrant issued against him or her;
may be arrested by a police officer without a warrant under section 64(1) of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010; or
is concerned in a specified offence.
For the purposes of subsection (1)(c) and section 51AD, a person who is concerned in a specified offence includes the following:
a person who is reasonably suspected of having been involved in the specified offence;
a person against whom a reasonable complaint has been made or credible information has been received, of the person having been concerned or involved in the specified offence.
Despite any other written law, an immigration officer may —
immigration officer
“immigration officer” means any person appointed under section 3;
arrest a person mentioned in subsection (1)(a) even though the arrest warrant issued against that person is not directed to the immigration officer; or
arrest a person mentioned in subsection (1)(b) or (c) without a warrant.
Despite any other written law, if any vehicle within or in the vicinity of an authorised area —
vehicle
“vehicle” means any vehicle whether mechanically propelled or otherwise;
is driven by, or under the control of, a person mentioned in subsection (1); or
is owned by, and includes as its passenger, that person,an immigration officer may, without a warrant and with or without assistance, stop, search and detain the vehicle.
In this section and section 51AD —
“prescribed law enforcement agency” means any authority or person, charged with the duty of investigating offences or charging offenders under any written law (other than this Act or the regulations), prescribed for the purposes of this section and section 51AD by the Minister;
“specified offence” means any offence under any written law (other than this Act or the regulations) by or under which an officer of, or a person appointed by, a prescribed law enforcement agency may arrest the person without a warrant.