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Rh :(e) conceals or prevents, or attempts to conceal or prevent, another person from appearing before or being examined by a police officer or an enforcement officer under this section, shall be deemed to wilfully obstruct the police officer or enforcement officer for the purpose of section 17.

(5) In this section, a reference to an offence under this Act includes a reference to an abetment of, or a conspiracy or an attempt to commit, the offence.

Power to arrest without warrant

9.—(1) Any police officer or enforcement officer may arrest without warrant any person whom the officer reasonably suspects is committing or has committed an offence under Part 2.

(2) A police officer or an enforcement officer making an arrest without warrant must, without unnecessary delay and subject to subsection (4), take or send the person arrested before a Magistrate's Court.

(3) No police officer or enforcement officer must detain in custody a person arrested without warrant for longer than is reasonable in the circumstances, and such period must not exceed 48 hours exclusive of the time necessary for the journey from the place of arrest to the Magistrate's Court.

(4) Any person who has been arrested may be released on bail, or on the person's own bond, by a police officer or an enforcement officer.

(5) The provisions of Division 5 of Part VI of the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 68) apply to any bail or bond granted under this section; and for this purpose, any reference to "officer", "police officer" or "police officer of or above the rank of sergeant" in those provisions is to be read to include an enforcement officer.

(6) In this section, a reference to an offence under Part 2 includes a reference to an abetment of, or a conspiracy or an attempt to commit, the offence.