(a)that person must immediately record the information in a report and communicate that report to the officer in charge of a police station or any police officer whose duty includes dealing with reports relating to the commission of any offence; and
Section history
Section 15 — Information about offences received by authorised persons
As in force on 31 December 2021.
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The text below is this provision as reproduced in the Revised Edition that came into force on this date. A revised edition consolidates the law without changing its substance, so editorial amendments — such as renumbering, updated citations and formatting — may have been made but are not shown as a redline.
(1)When information about an offence is given to any authorised person —
(b)that officer must then proceed in accordance with section 16 or 17.
(2)If requested, the officer mentioned in subsection (1) must give a copy of the information recorded under this section to the informant upon payment of the prescribed fee.
(3)In this section, “authorised person” means any person, not being a police officer, who is authorised by the Commissioner of Police to receive reports relating to the commission of any offence.