4. The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 3, and shall have effect as section 4, of the principal Act: -
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| | | (a) remove, or cause to be removed, any barricade or obstruction erected or placed in any place if such police officer has reasonable ground to believe that the barricade or obstruction was so erected or placed in order to be used for the purpose of committing an offence under this Act; or |
| (b) open or cause to be opened any gate or door if such police officer has reasonable ground to believe that such gate or door was closed for the purpose of committing an offence under this Act. |
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| | (2) Whenever a police officer has reasonable ground to believe that any person is likely to commit an offence under this Act, he may arrest such person without a warrant and deliver him into the custody of the officer in charge of a police station who may either release the person arrested on his executing a bond with or without a surety for his appearance before a Magistrate's Court or within twenty-four hours after the arrest, take or cause to be taken the person arrested before a Magistrate. | | |
| | (3) When any person appears before a Magistrate in compliance with a bond executed by him under sub-section (2) or is brought before a Magistrate under that sub-section, the Magistrate may require such person to show cause why he should not be ordered to execute a bond with or without sureties for his good behaviour for such period not exceeding three years as the Magistrate thinks fit. If after due inquiry the Magistrate is satisfied that such person should execute a bond with or without sureties, the Magistrate shall make an order accordingly and the provisions of sections 89a to 98 (both inclusive) of the Criminal Procedure Code shall apply to or in relation to all orders to furnish security made under this sub-section.". | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts