4A.      Powers of arrest

 

(1)     Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Act, the Commissioner –

 

(a)     may determine a category of officers who have the power to carry out an arrest for the purposes of enforcing this Act; and

(b)     must furnish each such officer with an appropriate certificate and identification card stating that the officer is authorised to carry out an arrest for the purpose of enforcing this Act.

 

(2)     In exercising the powers of arrest contemplated in subsection (1), an officer shall be deemed to be a peace officer as defined in section 1 of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977 (Act No. 51 of 1977), and such officer shall be subject to any relevant provision in Chapter 5 of that Act applicable to a peace officer.

 

(3)     Any person arrested by an officer must as soon as possible be brought to a police station or, in the case of an arrest by warrant, to any other place expressly mentioned in the warrant and further be dealt with in the manner contemplated in section 50 and other provisions of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977 (Act No. 51 of 1977).

[Section 4A inserted by section 26 of Act 61 of 2008 effective on 31 Mar 2009]