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Powers of public health staff to a1'rest offen- ders against Act, etc. --, Any memher of the public health establishment of a local authority not below the rank of a Health or Sanitary Jnsp"~ or Food. Inspector who sees a person committUii\""offence against any of the provisions of this Act in the area . over which" the local authority has jurisdiction, "may arrest such person if his name and address are unknown to and such person on demand dec- lines to give his name and address or give a name and" address which snch officer has reason to believe to be false. Any person so arrested shall he handed over to the Officer-in-charge of the nearest police station as expeditiously as possible. 109 .. Procedure after a1'rest. -Any person arrested for an offence" under this Act shall he informed, as soon as may be of the grounds for such arrest and shall be produced before the nearest Magistrate within a period of twenty-four hours of such arrest excluding the time necessary for the journey from" the place of arrest to the COurt of the Magistrate and no such person shall be detained in custody heyond the said period without the authority of a Magistrate.. "