Prohibition of Incitement To Hatred Act, 1989

Powers of arrest.

10.—(1) If a member of the Garda Síochána reasonably suspects that a person has committed an offence under section 2 (1) (b), he may arrest him without warrant.

(2) If a member of the Garda Síochána reasonably suspects that a person has committed an offence under this Act (other than an offence under section 2 (1) (b) or 9 (2) (b)), he may require him to give him his name and address and, if the person fails or refuses to do so or gives a name or address that the member reasonably suspects to be false or misleading, the member may arrest him without warrant.

(3) A member of the Garda Síochána acting under the authority of a warrant under section 9 may arrest without warrant a person whom the member reasonably suspects of having committed an offence under subsection (2) (b) of that section.