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Removal and arrest of offenders.
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284.—(1) If, in any area to which a bye-law relates, any person contravenes the bye-law,—
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(a) an authorised officer may order that person to leave the area,
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(b) if that person, on being so ordered, refuses or fails to leave the area,—
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(i) he shall be guilty of an offence under this section, and
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(ii) the authorised officer may either remove him from the area by force or without warrant arrest him.
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(2) If any person is on a particular portion of a road, the use of which is restricted by a bye-law made under section 279, in contravention of the bye-law,—
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(a) an authorised officer may order that person to leave that portion,
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(b) if that person, on being so ordered, refuses or fails to leave that portion,—
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(i) he shall be guilty of an offence under this section, and
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(ii) the authorised officer may either remove him from that portion by force or without warrant arrest him.
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(3) Every person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding five pounds.
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(4) Where an authorised officer (not being a member of the Garda Síochána) arrests a person under this section, he shall, as soon as may be, deliver such person into the custody of a member of the Garda Síochána to be dealt with according to law.
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