18. Powers of arrest and investigation

Any authorised officer or police officer may arrest without warrant any person whom he or she reasonably believes has committed an offence under this Act.

An authorised officer who is not a police officer may exercise all or any of the powers in relation to investigations into an arrestable offence conferred on a police officer by the Criminal Procedure Code 2010 in any case relating to the commission of an offence under this Act.

Every offence under this Act is deemed to be an arrestable offence within the meaning of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010.