(a)go as soon as practicable to the place to investigate the facts and circumstances of the case; and
Section history
Section 17 — Procedure when arrestable offence is suspected
As in force on 31 December 2021.
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)If, from information received or otherwise, a police officer has reason to suspect that an arrestable offence has been committed at any place, the police officer must, or if he or she is unable to attend to the case, another police officer acting in his or her place must —
(b)try to find the offender and, if appropriate, arrest the offender and report the case to the Public Prosecutor.
(2)Despite subsection (1) —
(a)if the police officer has reason to believe that the case is not of a serious nature, there is no need to go to the place to investigate the facts and circumstances of the case; or
(b)if the police officer has reason to believe that there are insufficient grounds for proceeding with the matter, he or she must not do so.
(3)In each of the cases mentioned in subsection (2)(a) and (b), the police officer receiving the information must state in his or her report his or her reason for not fully complying with subsection (1).