Section 28
Power of arrest
(1)
An authorised officer may -
(a)
arrest without warrant any person whom he has reason to believe to be committing or to have committed an offence against section 6,7. 12 or 15; and
(b)
search the person arrested and seize anything which he reasonably considers to be evidence of the commission of the offence.
(2)
No woman or girl shall be searched except by a woman.
(3)
Where the authorised officer makes an arrest without warrant, he shall, without unnecessary delay. produce the person arrested before a
Magistrate.
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(4)
The authorised officer shall not detain in custody a person arrested without a warrant for a longer period than is reasonable under the circumstances of the case.
(5)
The period that a person arrested without a warrant may be detained in custody shall not exceed 48 hours, excluding the time for any necessary journey to the Courts of Magistrates.
Search and seizure 29.
(1)
An authorised officer who enters the premises may -
(a)
take with him such other person and such equipment as appear to him to be necessary;
(b)
inspect any record, register or other document found on the premises which he has reasonable cause to believe may be required as evidence for the purposes of proceedings in respect of an offence against this Act;
(c)
take copies of, or seize and remove, such document;
(d)
inspect, seize and remove any device, apparatus or equipment found on the premises which he has reasonable cause to believe may be required as such evidence;
(e)
inspect, sample, seize and remove any substance, material, or other matter or thing found on the premises which he has reasonable cause to believe may be required as such evidence; or 03 search or cause to be searched any person found on the premises whom he has reasonable cause to believe to be in possession or control of any document, device, apparatus, equipment, substance, material or other matter or thing.
(2)
No woman or girl shall be searched except by a woman.