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Arrest without warrant.
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19.—(1) Any person may arrest without warrant any one who is or whom he, with reasonable cause, suspects to be in the act of committing an offence under section 2 (1).
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(2) Where an offence under section 2 (1) or 3 has been committed, any person may arrest without warrant anyone who is or whom he, with reasonable cause, suspects to be guilty of the offence.
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(3) Where a member of the Garda Síochána, with reasonable cause, suspects that an offence under section 2 (1) or 3 has been committed, he may arrest without warrant anyone whom he, with reasonable cause, suspects to be guilty of the offence.
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(4) A member of the Garda Síochána may arrest without warrant anyone who is or whom he, with reasonable cause, suspects to be about to commit an offence under section 2 (1).
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(5) For the purpose of arresting a person under any power conferred by this section a member of the Garda Síochána may enter (if need be, by force) and search any place where that person is or where the member, with reasonable cause, suspects him to be.
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(6) The provisions of this section shall apply to an attempt to commit an offence as they apply to the commission of that offence.
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(7) This section shall not prejudice any power of arrest conferred by law apart from this section.
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