Section 8
Seizability and bailability of offences
of Protected Areas and Protected Places Act
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Section 8
(1)
An authorised officer and any person authorised under section 3
to exercise the powers of an authorised officer under this Act may without warrant arrest any person found or reasonably suspected of committing or attempting to commit or of procuring or abetting any person to commit an offence against this Act; and for the purposes of the Criminal Procedure
Code (Chapter 7) every offence against this Act shall be seizable.
(2)
Bail shall be discretionary in respect of every offence against this Act.