Power of arrest
30. Any police officer may arrest without warrant any person offending, in the police officer's view, against any of the provisions of this Act, and take that person before a Magistrate's Court to be dealt with according to law.
Obstruction
31. Any person who at any time hinders or obstructs any public officer or auxiliary police officer acting in the discharge of the public officer's or auxiliary police officer's duties under this Act shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,500 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to both.
Offences by bodies corporate, etc.
32.—(1) Where an offence under this Act committed by a body corporate is proved—
- (a) to have been committed with the consent or connivance of an officer; or
- (b) to be attributable to any act or default on the officer's part,
the officer as well as the body corporate shall be guilty of the offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
(2) Where the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, subsection (1) is to apply in relation to the acts and defaults of a member in connection with the member's functions of management as if the member were a director of the body corporate.
(3) Where an offence under this Act committed by a partnership is proved—
- (a) to have been committed with the consent or connivance of a partner; or
- (b) to be attributable to any act or default on the partner's part,
the partner as well as the partnership shall be guilty of the offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
