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Version status: In force | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 1 March 1956 - onwards
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40. Arrest of offenders.

(1) A member of the Garda Síochána may arrest without warrant any person whom he finds conducting or assisting in conducting in a public place any kind of gaming which he has reason to believe to be contrary to this Act.

(2) A member of the Garda Síochána may arrest without warrant any person who, when his name and address are demanded of him under this Act, fails to give them or gives a name or address which such member has reason to believe to be false or misleading.