Acts and Regulations

P-22.1 - Provincial Offences Procedure Act

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Release after arrest by peace officer
123(1)Where a person is arrested without warrant, the peace officer shall, as soon as practicable, release that person unless the peace officer has reasonable and probable grounds to believe that it is necessary in the public interest, having regard to all of the circumstances including those circumstances referred to in paragraphs 119(2)(a), (b), (c) and (d), for the defendant to be detained.
123(2)A peace officer who releases a person under subsection (1) may serve that person with a ticket, a violation ticket or an appearance notice.
2017, c.58, s.21
Release after arrest by peace officer
123(1)Where a person is arrested without warrant, the peace officer shall, as soon as practicable, release that person unless the peace officer has reasonable and probable grounds to believe that it is necessary in the public interest, having regard to all of the circumstances including those circumstances referred to in paragraphs 119(2)(a), (b), (c) and (d), for the defendant to be detained.
123(2)A peace officer who releases a person under subsection (1) may serve that person with a ticket or an appearance notice.
Release after arrest by peace officer
123(1)Where a person is arrested without warrant, the peace officer shall, as soon as practicable, release that person unless the peace officer has reasonable and probable grounds to believe that it is necessary in the public interest, having regard to all of the circumstances including those circumstances referred to in paragraphs 119(2)(a), (b), (c) and (d), for the defendant to be detained.
123(2)A peace officer who releases a person under subsection (1) may serve that person with a ticket or an appearance notice.