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RESTRAINT ORDERS ACT 2019 (NO. 47 OF 2019) - SECT 21

Contravention of restraint order, &c.
(1)  A person must not contravene a restraint order, interim restraint order or electronic interim restraint order, as made, varied or extended.
Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 10 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or both.
(2)  If a police officer has reasonable cause to suspect that a person has committed an offence under subsection (1) , the officer may –
(a) without warrant, arrest and detain that person; and
(b) for the purpose of arresting and detaining such a person, enter, by force if necessary, any premises on which he or she has reasonable cause to believe that person is present; and
(c) search those premises for that person.
(3)  Section 4E of the Bail Act 1994 does not apply to a person arrested and detained under subsection (2) .



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