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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-emergency-provisions-act-1996-repealed/section-18",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/22",
  "legislation_title": "Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1996 (repealed)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-emergency-provisions-act-1996-repealed",
  "path": "section/18",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Constables’ general power of arrest and seizure.",
  "text": "(1) Any constable may arrest without warrant any person who he has reasonable grounds to suspect is committing, has committed or is about to commit a scheduled offence or an offence under this Act which is not a scheduled offence.\n(2) For the purpose of arresting a person under this section a constable may enter and search any premises or other place where that person is or where the constable has reasonable grounds for suspecting him to be.\n(3) A constable may seize anything which he has reasonable grounds to suspect is being, has been or is intended to be used in the commission of a scheduled offence or an offence under this Act which is not a scheduled offence.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/22/section/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:32:09.613224+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}