Part X Cross-Border Enforcement
C1C2138 Powers of arrest etc.: supplementary provisions.
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The following provisions have effect to supplement section 137 (“the principal section”).
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a
the name of the suspected person is unknown to, and cannot readily be ascertained by, the constable;
b
the constable has reasonable grounds for doubting whether a name furnished by the suspected person as his name is his real name;
c
either—
i
the suspected person has failed to furnish a satisfactory address for service; or
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the constable has reasonable grounds for doubting whether an address furnished by the suspected person is a satisfactory address for service;
d
the constable has reasonable grounds for believing that arrest is necessary to prevent the suspected person—
i
causing physical injury to himself or any other person;
ii
suffering physical injury;
iii
causing loss of or damage to property;
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committing an offence against public decency; or
v
causing an unlawful obstruction of a highway or road; or
e
the constable has reasonable grounds for believing that arrest is necessary to protect a child or other vulnerable person from the suspected person.
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F2For the purposes of subsection (3) above an address is a satisfactory address for service if it appears to the constable—
a
that the suspected person will be at it for a sufficiently long period for it to be possible to serve him with process; or
b
that some other person specified by the suspected person will accept service of process for the suspected person at it.
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F2Nothing in subsection (3)(d) above authorises the arrest of a person under sub-paragraph (iv) of that paragraph except where members of the public going about their normal business cannot reasonably be expected to avoid the person to be arrested.
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