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new category of arrestable offences, since powers of arrest had depended on whether an offence was a felony or a misdemeanour.

and introduced a new system of classifying crimes as either "arrestable" and "non-arrestable" offences (according to which a general power of arrest was.

Simple possession will still remain an "arrestable offense" is for the police to be able to fight drug trafficking, and says.

[disputed – discuss] Generally, however, drug possession is an arrestable offense, with repercussions including large fines and possible incarceration.

person who has information which might lead to the prosecution of an arrestable offence—and who agrees to accept consideration in exchange for not disclosing.

secure the apprehension, prosecution or conviction of a person for an arrestable offence.

degree of intentional law-breaking where persons place themselves in arrestable situations in order to make a political statement but other actions (such.

057 kg; 57 g) or less of cannabis a "non-arrestable, ticketable offence, that attracts no criminal record".

replaced nearly all existing powers of arrest, including the category of arrestable offences, with a new general power of arrest for all offences.

manufacturers, artificers and work-people are, with some exceptions, not arrestable.

or any place adjacent to a street or highway; with intent to commit an arrestable offence .

felonies and misdemeanours and instead distinguishes "arrestable" and "non-arrestable" offences; arrestable offences are those punishable by at least five years'.

Before 1 January 2006 this offence was classified as an arrestable offence by virtue of section 24(1)(b) of the Police and Criminal Evidence.

dwelling-houses and at the time of its repeal it consisted of committing an arrestable offence).

This was on the grounds that making cannabis possession a non-arrestable offence would reduce the number of "otherwise law-abiding, mainly young.

which was arrestable, in order to detain the suspected assailant in borderline cases.

[citation needed] However, the concept of "arrestable offence" was.

the classification arrestable offence by that Act.

The words "an indictable offence" were substituted for the words "an arrestable offence" by section.

The term arrestable offence ceased to have effect as, bar a few preserved exemptions, one.