(1) An arrest shall consist of apprehending a person for the purpose of bringing him without delay before the authority prescribed by law or by the warrant.
(2) A judicial police officer, agent of judicial police or any officer of the forces of law and order effecting an arrest, shall order the person to be arrested to follow him and, in the event of refusal, he shall use reasonable force, necessary to arrest the person.
(3) Any person may in case of a felony or misdemeanour committed flagrante delicto as defined in section 103, arrest the author of such an offence.
(4) No bodily or psychological harm shall be caused to the person arrested.
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In force from 27-07-2005
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