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Section 11: Private person may arrest without warrant.

RepealedTHE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACTS, 1965, Sierra Leone

Any person may arrest without a warrant –a. any person who in his presence commits a felony; b. any person whom he suspects of having committed a felony, if such felony had actually been committed and such private person has reasonable grounds to believe that the person arrested has committed that felony; c. any person offering to sell, pawn or deliver any property which such private person has reasonable grounds to believe to be stolen property; d. any person about to commit an act which would manifestly endanger another person's life; e. any person detaining or suspected of detaining any other person with the intent to kidnap or unlawfully remove him from Sierra Leone. Person arrested to be handed over to constable.

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