Article 24 Powers of arrest
Northern Ireland
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If a constable reasonably suspects any person of committing or being about to commit or having committed an offence underF2 Article 7(2), 20(1) or 21(1), he may require that person to declare to him immediately his name and address, and if that person refuses or fails to do so or gives a false name or address he shall be guilty of an offence.
A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (3) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Art. 24(1)(2) repealed (1.3.2007) by Police and Criminal Evidence (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/288 (N.I. 2)), arts. 1(2), 15(4), 41(2), Sch. 1 para. 25, Sch. 2
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