Section 50
Powers of arrest and search
(1)
The Director or any member of or above the rank of Assistant
Station Officer duly authorised in writing in that behalf by the Director or any police officer may without warrant arrest any person whom he reasonably suspects to have committed an offence against this Act if —
(a)
the name and address of the person are unknown to him;
(b)
the person declines to give his name and address; or
(c)
there is any reason to doubt the accuracy of the name and address, if given.
(2)
A person arrested under this section may be detained until his name and address are correctly ascertained.
(3)
No person arrested shall be detained longer than is necessary for bringing him before a court unless the order of a court for his detention is obtained.
(4)
Any member authorised by the Director in writing and any police officer may without a warrant and with or without assistance stop and search any person, whether in a public place or not, if he has reason to believe that any evidence of the commission of an offence against this Act or regulations made thereunder is likely to be found on such person and may seize any evidence so found.
(5)
No women shall be searched under subsection (4) except by a woman.