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Naval Discipline Act 1957 (repealed), Section 105 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 09 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.

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105 Arrest of deserters and absentees. U.K.
(1)A constable may arrest without warrant any person whom he has reasonable cause to suspect of being an officer or rating of any of Her Majesty’s naval forces who has deserted or is absent without leave.
(2)Where no constable is available, any officer or rating who is subject to this Act, or any other person, may arrest any person whom he has reasonable cause to suspect as aforesaid.
(3)Any person having authority to issue a warrant for the arrest of a person charged with crime, if satisfied by evidence on oath that there is, or is reasonably suspected of being, within his jurisdiction an officer or rating of any of Her Majesty’s naval forces who has deserted or is absent without leave, or is reasonably suspected of having deserted or being absent without leave, may issue a warrant authorising his arrest.
(4)Any person taken into custody in pursuance of this section shall as soon as practicable be brought before a court of summary jurisdiction.
[(4A)A person shall also be brought before a court of summary jurisdiction if, having been brought before such a court by virtue of subsection (4) above and discharged by that court by virtue of section 109(3)(b) below—
(a)he is subsequently arrested as an alleged or suspected deserter or absentee without leave under section 45 of this Act, or under a warrant issued under section 103 thereof, and
(b)the question whether he is in fact in desertion or absent without leave raises any issue which was investigated by the court discharging him, and
(c)he does not admit that he is in desertion or absent without leave to the person arresting him under the said section 45 or, as the case may be, to the person into whose custody he is delivered pursuant to the said section 103.]
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