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138 Provisions as to detention of persons.U.K.

(1)Any person who has committed, or whom there are reasonable grounds to suspect of having committed, any offence for which he is liable to be detained under the customs and excise Acts may be detained by any officer F1or any member of Her Majesty’s armed forces or coastguard at any time within [F220 years] from the date of the commission of the offence.

(2)Where it was not practicable to detain any person so liable at the time of the commission of the offence, or where any such person having been then or subsequently detained for that offence has escaped, he may be detained by any officer F1or any member of Her Majesty’s armed forces or coastguard at any time and may be proceeded against in like manner as if the offence had been committed at the date when he was finally detained.

(3)Where any person who is a member of the crew of any ship in Her Majesty’s employment or service is detained by an officer for an offence under the customs and excise Acts, the commanding officer of the ship shall, if so required by the detaining officer, keep that person secured on board that ship until he can be brought before a court and shall then deliver him up to the proper officer.

[F3(4)Where any person has been arrested by a person who is not an officer—

(a)by virtue of this section; or

(b)by virtue of section 24 [F4 or 24A] of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 in its application to offences under the customs and excise Acts, [F5or

(c)by virtue of Article 26 [F6or 26A ] of the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 in its application to such offences,]

the person arresting him shall give notice of the arrest to an officer at the nearest convenient office of customs and excise.]

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C1S. 138 amended (2.8.1993) by S.I. 1993/1813, art. 6, Sch. 3 para. 2(1)(a)(2)(c); s. 138 amended by the said S.I. 1993/1813, art. 6, Sch. 3 para. 2 as incorporated (with modifications) (1.12.1997) by S.I. 1994/1405, art. 6, Sch. 3 para. 3

S. 138 applied (1.3.1995) by S.I. 1995/271, reg. 12(1)

S. 138 applied (15.11.1996) by S.I. 1996/2721, reg. 12(1)

S. 138 applied (with modifications) (15.7.1998) by S.I. 1998/1531, reg. 4(3)

S. 138 applied (1.5.1999) by S.I. 1999/1261, reg. 4(3)

S. 138 applied (14.10.1999) by S.I. 1999/2821, reg. 4(3)

S. 138 applied (14.10.1999) by S.I. 1999/2822, reg. 4(3)

S. 138 applied (25.5.2000) by S.I. 2000/1408, reg. 3(3)

S. 138 applied (28.9.2000) by S.I. 2000/2620, reg. 12(1)

S. 138 applied (31.3.2002) by S.I. 2002/868, reg. 4(3)

C7S. 138 applied by SI 2003/318, art. 11(4) (as added (28.3.2005) by The Trade in Controlled Goods (Embargoed Destinations) (Amendment) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/445), arts. 1, 3)

C9S. 138 applied by SI 2003/2765, art. 12(4) (as added (28.3.2005) by The Trade in Goods (Control) (Amendment) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/443), arts. 1, 4)

C20S. 138 applied by 1983 c. 18, s. 1D(2) (as inserted (30.11.2009) by Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4), s. 153(7), Sch. 17 para. 3; S.I. 2009/3074, art. 2(q))

C21S. 138 applied by SI 2009/1749, art. 13(2) (as substituted (11.12.2009) by The North Korea (United Nations Sanctions) (Amendment) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/3213), arts. 1(1), 11)

C23S. 138 applied by S.I. 2009/886, art. 11(2) (as substituted (17.12.2010) by The Iran (United Nations Sanctions) (Amendment) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/2978), arts. 1(1), 15)

C71S. 138 applied (with modifications) (29.4.2021 at 5.00 pm) by The Myanmar (Sanctions) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/496), regs. 1(3), 65(4)

C72S. 138 applied (with modifications) (28.12.2022) by The Haiti (Sanctions) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1281), regs. 1(2), 45(4)

C73S. 138 applied (with modifications) (14.12.2023) by The Iran (Sanctions) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1314), regs. 1(2), 84(7) (with regs. 98-100)

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