Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act Zimbabwe in that enactment set out, an arrest by any peace officer, without warrant or order, may be made of such person, subject to those conditions or the existence of those circumstances. 26. Power of peace officer to call for name and address of certain persons (1) A peace officer may call upon— (a) any person whom he has power to arrest; and (b) any person reasonably suspected of having committed any offence; and (c) any person who may in his opinion be able to give evidence in regard to the commission or suspected commission of any offence; to furnish such peace officer with his full name and address. (2) (3) If a person on demand in terms of subsection (1)— (a) fails to furnish his full name and address, the peace officer making the demand may forthwith arrest him; or (b) furnishes to the peace officer a name or address which the peace officer, upon reasonable grounds, suspects to be false, such person may be arrested and detained for a period not exceeding twelve hours until the name and address so furnished have been verified. Any person who, when called upon under this section to furnish his name and address, fails to do so, or furnishes a false or incorrect name and address, shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level four or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding three months or to both such fine and such imprisonment. [subsection amended by section 4 of Act 22 of 2001] 27. 28. Arrest by private person for certain offences committed in his presence (1) Any private person in whose presence anyone commits or attempts to commit an offence mentioned in the First Schedule, or who has knowledge that any such offence has been recently committed, is authorized to arrest without warrant or forthwith to pursue the offender, and any other private person to whom the purpose of the pursuit has been made known is authorized to join and assist therein. (2) Any private person is authorized to arrest without warrant any other person whom he believes on reasonable grounds to have committed an offence and to be escaping from, and to be freshly pursued by, one whom such private person believes on reasonable grounds to have authority to arrest the escaping person for that offence. (3) When it is provided by any enactment with respect to an offence that the offender may be arrested without warrant by any private person particularly specified, any such specified person may arrest the offender without warrant. Arrest by private persons of persons fighting in public places Any private person is authorised to arrest without warrant any person whom he or she sees engaged in fighting in a public place in order to prevent such person from continuing the fight, and to deliver him or her over to a police officer to be dealt with according to law. [section substituted by section 7 of Act 2 of 2016] 29. Owners of property may arrest in certain cases The owner, lawful occupier or person in charge of any property on or in respect of which any person is found committing an offence, or any person authorized by such owner, lawful occupier or person in charge, may arrest without warrant the person so found. By Laws.Africa and contributors. Licensed under CC-BY. Share widely and freely. 12