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Section 13: A private person may arrest without a warrant, a person -

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(a) who in his presence commits a felony or an offence punishable by a sentence of life imprisonment; (b) whom he suspects of having committed a felony or an offence punishable by a sentence of life imprisonment if - (i) the felony or other offence had actually been committed; and (ii) he has reasonable grounds to believe that the person arrested has committed that offence; 8 9 order body search. Private person may arrest without Arrested person to be brought before a court without delay. (c) offering to sell, pawn or deliver property which he has reasonable grounds to believe to be stolen property; (d) about to commit an act which would manifestly endanger another person's life; (e) detaining or suspected of detaining another person with the intent to kidnap or unlawfully remove him from Sierra Leone.

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