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Cinemas Act 1985

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14Powers of arrest and seizure

(1)If a constable has reasonable cause to suspect that a person has committed an offence under this Act (except section 9(4) above) he may require him to give his name and address, and if that person refuses or fails to do so or gives a name or address which the constable reasonably suspects to be false, the constable may arrest him without warrant.

(2)A constable or authorised officer of the licensing authority who enters and searches any premises under the authority of a warrant issued under section 13(3) above may seize and remove any apparatus or equipment or other thing whatsoever found on the premises which he has reasonable cause to believe may be liable to be forfeited under section 11 (2) above.

(3)Subsection (1) above—

(a)does not extend to Scotland ; and

(b)shall cease to have effect on the coming into force of section 26 of the [1984 c. 60.] Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984.

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