Criminal Assets Bureau Act, 1996
Arrest. |
16.—(1) Where a bureau officer who is a member of the Garda Síochána has reasonable cause to suspect that a person is committing or has committed an offence under section 12 , 13 or 15 or under section 94 of the Finance Act, 1983 , the bureau officer may— | |
(a) arrest that person without warrant, or | ||
(b) require the person to give his or her name and address, and if the person fails or refuses to do so or gives a name or address which the bureau officer reasonably suspects to be false or misleading, the bureau officer may arrest that person without warrant. | ||
(2) A person who fails or refuses to give his or her name or address when required under this section or gives a name or address which is false or misleading, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £1,500. |