(1)Any police officer who has reasonable grounds to suspect that any offence may be committed may intervene for the purpose of preventing and must, to the best of his or her ability, use all lawful means to prevent the commission of the offence.
Section history
Section 63 — Prevention of offences and use of lethal force by police
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.
(2)Without limiting subsection (1), a police officer may act in any manner (including doing anything likely to cause the death of, or grievous hurt to, any person) if the police officer has reasonable grounds to believe that —
(a)the person (whether acting alone or in concert with any other person) is doing or about to do, something which may amount to a terrorist act; and
(b)such act by the police officer is necessary to apprehend the person.
(3)In this section, “lawful means” includes —
(a)removing a person from any place; and
(b)taking away any thing, which a person has in the person’s possession, that the police officer reasonably suspects is intended to be used in the commission of the offence.