Statute
Section 36 — Crimes Act 1961: Arrest of person believed to be committing crime by night
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36 Arrest of person believed to be committing crime by night Every one is protected from criminal responsibility for arresting without warrant any person whom he finds by night in circumstances affording reasonable and probable grounds for believing that that person is committing an offence against this Act. Compare: 1908 No 32 s 55
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