Cap. 220 Art. 159Trespass to constitute contravention.

(1) If any person, without authority, enters or is found in or upon any place, which is held by any authority of the force for the purposes of the force, or the access to which by the public has been for the time being prohibited by the Minister by notice in the Gazette, such person shall be guilty of a contravention and may, without any warrant or other authority, be apprehended and detained by any Police officer.

(2) In the absence of a Police officer it shall be lawful for an officer of the force or of a man of the force of a rank not inferior to that of a lance-corporal or lance-bombardier, wearing the uniform of his rank, to apprehend and detain such person, if he finds it necessary to do so for the identification of that person by the Police, and no longer than it may be necessary for such purpose.