Domestic Violence Act 2018
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Arrest without warrant | ||
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35. (1) Where a member of the Garda Síochána has reasonable cause for believing that an offence is being or has been committed under section 33 the member may, on complaint being made to him or her by or on behalf of the person who was the applicant for the order referred to in subsection (1) of that section, arrest the respondent concerned without warrant. | ||
(2) For the purpose of arresting a respondent under subsection (1), a member of the Garda Síochána may enter, if need be by force, and search a place where the member, with reasonable cause, suspects the respondent to be. |