6(1)Where a person surrenders himself to a constable as being illegally absent from a reserve force—U.K.
(a)the constable shall, unless the person concerned surrenders himself at a police station, bring him to a police station; and
(b)the police officer in charge of the police station to which that person is brought, or at which he surrendered himself, shall forthwith inquire into his case.
(2)If it appears to that police officer that the person concerned is illegally absent from a reserve force, he may—
(a)cause him to be delivered into military, air-force or naval custody (as the case may require) without bringing him before a magistrates’ court; or
(b)bring him before a magistrates’ court.