Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1997
Arrest without warrant. |
12.—(1) Where a member of the Garda Síochána has reasonable cause for believing that, in respect of an order under this Act, an offence is being or has been committed under section 5 , the member may, on complaint being made to him or her by the tenant or the housing authority, arrest the respondent concerned without warrant. | |
(2) For the purpose of arresting a respondent under subsection (1), a member of the Garda Síochána may enter (if need be by use of reasonable force) and search any place (including a dwelling) where the respondent is or where the member, with reasonable cause, suspects the respondent to be. | ||
(3) This section shall not prejudice any power of arrest conferred by law apart from this section. |