Section 303 Power of service policeman to arrest person unlawfully at largeI1I2
A person who has been sentenced to service detention and who is unlawfully at large—
may be arrested by a service policeman; and
may be taken to the place in which he is required in accordance with law to be detained.
Section 301(4) (cases where persons temporarily released from service detention are unlawfully at large) applies for the purposes of this section.
A person may use reasonable force, if necessary, in the exercise of a power conferred by subsection (1).
Annotations
Commencement
- I1
S. 303 in force at 28.3.2009 for specified purposes by S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059)
- I2
S. 303 in force at 31.10.2009 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4
Notes on the whole Act
Textual amendments
- F1
Act expires on 15.12.2022 by virtue of s. 382 (as substituted (15.12.2021) by Armed Forces Act 2021 (c. 35), ss. 1(1), 24(2)(a)) (subject to power to continue in s. 382(2)(3) as so substituted)