Section 50: Special powers of arrest.

Firearms Act 1968 · 1968 c.27

This provision is repealed

It is retained for historical reference and may not reflect the law currently in force.

Part III: Law Enforcement and Punishment of Offences

REPEALED on 2018-01-25 by Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984.
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50(1)

A constable making a search of premises under the authority of a warrant under section 46 of this Act may arrest without warrant any person found on the premises whom he has reason to believe to be guilty of an offence relevant for the purposes of that section.

50(3)

A constable may arrest without warrant a person who refuses to declare his name and address when required to do so under section 48(2) of this Act, or whom he in such a case suspects of giving a false name and address or of intending to abscond.

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