Armed Forces Act 2006

303Power of service policeman to arrest person unlawfully at largeU.K.

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(1)A person who has been sentenced to service detention and who is unlawfully at large—

(a)may be arrested by a service policeman; and

(b)may be taken to the place in which he is required in accordance with law to be detained.

(2)Section 301(4) (cases where persons temporarily released from service detention are unlawfully at large) applies for the purposes of this section.

(3)A person may use reasonable force, if necessary, in the exercise of a power conferred by subsection (1).

Commencement Information

I1S. 303 in force at 28.3.2009 for specified purposes by S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059)

I2S. 303 in force at 31.10.2009 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4