209a

(1)

Any officer empowered by the Director by notification in the Gazette may without warrant arrest any person found committing or attempting to commit or abetting the commission of an offence under section 32a or  209. [Ss. 209a. to 209f, Ins. ord. No. 3/79].

(2)

Every officer making an arrest under this section shall, without unnecessary delay, take or send the person so arrested to the officer in charge of the nearest police station or, if the offence is compoundable under section 209f, to an officer empowered under that section to accept compensation:  Provided that, in the latter case, if the person arrested refuses to compound the alleged offence, he shall forthwith be sent to the officer in charge of the nearest police station, and the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code [F.M.S Cap.6] shall apply to the person  so arrested. [Ins. Ord. No.3/79].