Commentary on Sections Part 4: Enforcement Section 23: Assaulting an immigration officer: powers of arrest, etc.
76.Section 23 creates a power of arrest for the offence of assaulting an immigration officer. It enables an immigration officer to arrest a person without warrant where he has reasonable grounds for suspecting that the person has assaulted or is about to assault an immigration officer. The section also applies existing immigration officer powers of entry, search and seizure in the Immigration Act 1971 to the offence of assaulting an immigration officer.