Illicit Distillation (Ireland) Act, 1831

Persons liable to arrest, not being detained at the time, may be afterwards arrested.

37. If any person liable to be arrested and detained under the provisions of this Act shall not be detained at the time of committing the offence for which he is so liable, or after detention shall make his escape, any officer of excise may stop, arrest, and detain such person at any time afterwards, and carry him before any justice or justices of the peace, to be dealt with as if detained at the time of committing the offence.