Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988

PART V - ENFORCEMENT  

SECTION 33A   ARREST WITHOUT WARRANT  

33A(1)    
Where an officer has reasonable grounds to believe that a person has committed an offence against section 15 , the officer may arrest the person without warrant.

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S 33A(1) amended by No 4 of 2016, s 3 and Sch 4 item 388, by substituting " has committed " for " is guilty of " , effective 10 March 2016.

33A(2)    
Where an officer has reasonable grounds to believe that a person has assaulted any officer in the execution of that officer ' s duties, the first-mentioned officer may arrest the person without warrant.

33A(3)    
A person must not resist, obstruct or prevent the arrest of any person under this section.

Penalty: 10 penalty units.

Note:

The amount of a penalty unit is stated in section 4AA of the Crimes Act 1914 .

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S 33A(3) amended by No 33 of 1997.

33A(4)    

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Where a person is arrested under this section, section 212 of the Customs Act 1901 applies as though the person had been arrested under section 210 of that Act.

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S 33A(4) amended by No 34 of 2009, s 3 and Sch 10 item 3, by substituting " section 212 of the Customs Act 1901 applies " for " sections 212 and 213 of the Customs Act 1901 apply " , effective 19 June 2009.

33A(5)    
In this section:

"offence against section 15"
and " officer " have the same respective meanings as in section 33 .

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S 33A inserted by No 4 of 1990.

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