Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing (Financial Institutions)
Ordinance
48. Authorized officer’s power to arrest and search, etc.
(1) An authorized officer may, without a warrant, arrest a person or detain a person for further enquiries if—
- (a) the authorized officer has reasonable grounds to suspect that the person has committed or is committing an offence under section 29; and
- (b) it appears to the authorized officer that service of a summons is impracticable because—
- (i) the name of the person is unknown to, and cannot readily be ascertained by, the authorized officer;
- (ii) the authorized officer has reasonable grounds to suspect that a name given by the person as his or her name is not the person’s true name;
- (iii) the person has failed to give a satisfactory address for service of the summons; or
- (iv) the authorized officer has reasonable grounds to suspect that an address given by the person as an address for service of the summons is not a valid address.
(2) An authorized officer who arrests or detains a person under this section must, if requested, produce evidence of his or her appointment as an authorized officer.
(3) An authorized officer who arrests a person under this section must immediately take the person to a police station or, if in the opinion of the authorized officer further enquiries are necessary, first to an office of the Customs and Excise Department and then to a police station, there to be dealt with in accordance with the Police Force Ordinance (Cap. 232).
