Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00861:section:91
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00861
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 91
Character Range: 241018–242210

91  Power to enter to make arrest
 (1) Subject to subsection (3), where a constable has, under a warrant issued under this Act, power to arrest a person, the constable may enter any premises, by force if necessary, at any time of the day or night for the purpose of arresting the person, and may search the premises for the person, if the constable believes on reasonable grounds that the person is on the premises.
 (2) Subject to subsection (3), where, by virtue of subsection 89(5), a constable may, without warrant, arrest a person, the constable may enter any premises, by force if necessary, at any time of the day or night for the purpose of arresting the person, and may search the premises for the person, if the constable believes on reasonable grounds that the person is on the premises.
 (3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not authorize a constable to enter premises at any time during the period commencing at 9 o'clock in an evening and ending at 6 o'clock in the next following morning for the purpose of arresting a person if the constable believes, on reasonable grounds, that it will be practicable to arrest the person, either on the premises or elsewhere, at any other time.