Public Utilities Act 2001 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 7 · Miscellaneous
68. Powers of arrest
Feedback & supportAny police officer or any person authorised in writing by the Chief Executive generally or in any particular case may arrest any person committing within his or her view or who he or she has reason to believe has committed any offence punishable under this Act if —
officer
“officer”, in relation to a corporation, includes —(a)a director or secretary of, or a person employed in an executive capacity by, the corporation;(b)any receiver or manager, or any receiver and manager, of any part of the undertaking of the corporation, appointed under a power contained in any instrument or by the General Division of the High Court or by creditors;(c)any liquidator of the corporation appointed in a voluntary winding up or by the General Division of the High Court or by creditors; and(d)any judicial manager of the corporation appointed by the General Division of the High Court under Part 7 of the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018;
the name and address of the person are unknown to him or her;
the person declines to give his or her name and address; or
there is reason to doubt the accuracy of the name and address given.
A person arrested under this section may be detained until his or her name and address are correctly ascertained.
A person arrested under this section must not be detained longer than is necessary for bringing him or her before a court unless the order of a court for his or her continued detention is obtained.