Arrest and trial of suspected person

(1) It shall be lawful for any police officer to arrest without warrant any person having in his possession or under his control anything which the police officer has reasonable cause to suspect has been stolen or unlawfully obtained. (2) As soon as possible after the arrest of a suspected person, the police officer making the arrest shall bring the suspected person, together with anything found in his possession or under his control which is reasonably suspected to have been stolen or unlawfully obtained, before a magistrate sitting in court. (3) If within seventy-two hours after arrest the suspected person is not brought before a magistrate such person shall be admitted to bail in the mean-time by a police officer not below the rank of inspector upon his entering into a recognisance, with or without sureties, for a reasonable amount to appear before the court at the time and place specified in the recognisance. (4) If the suspected person does not, within a reasonable time to be assigned by the magistrate, give an account to the satisfaction of the magistrate by what lawful means he came by it he shall, on summary conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months. Unlawful Possession of Property [CAP. 113 5 (5) If any suspected person liable to arrest under subsection (1) of this section escapes from any police officer attempting to arrest him, or lets fall or throws away anything reasonably suspected to have been stolen or unlawfully obtained, it shall be lawful for any magistrate or justice of the peace, upon application, to issue his warrant for the arrest of that person, and upon his arrest that person shall be deemed to have been arrested within the meaning of subsection (1) and may be dealt with in the manner set out in subsections (2) and (4) of this section.