Victorian Numbered Acts Victorian Numbered Acts(1) The member of the police force may, using the force that is reasonably necessary, apprehend and detain the offender.
(2) The offender may be detained at a police station, but may be detained in a police gaol only if the officer considers it necessary to do so for the protection of any person or property, or to prevent the offender from escaping from detention.
Note
Section 49E of the Summary Offences Act 1966 makes it an offence to escape or attempt to escape from a place where a person is being lawfully detained.
(3) Nothing in section 479C of the Crimes Act 1958 applies to an offender who escapes or attempts to escape from detention under this Division.