(e) any person who has been concerned in, or against whom a reasonable complaint has been
made or credible information has been received, or a reasonable suspicion exists of his
having been concerned in, any act committed at any place outside Zimbabwe, which if
committed in Zimbabwe would have been punishable as an offence, and for which he is, in
terms of any enactment relating to extradition or fugitive offenders or otherwise, liable to
be arrested or detained in custody in Zimbabwe;
(f) any person being or loitering in any place under such circumstances as to afford reasonable
grounds for believing that he has committed or is about to commit an offence;
(g) any person reasonably suspected of committing or of having committed an offence under
any enactment governing the making, supply, use, possession or conveyance of
intoxicating liquor, habit-forming drugs, traditional beer or harmful liquids or the
possession or disposal of arms or ammunition;
(h) any person reasonably suspected of being a prohibited immigrant in Zimbabwe, for the
purpose of any enactment regulating entry into or residence in Zimbabwe;
(i) any person found in any gambling-house or at any gambling-table, the keeping or visiting
whereof is in contravention of any enactment for the prevention or suppression of
gambling or games of chance;
(j) any person reasonably suspected of being or having been in unlawful possession of stock
or produce, as defined in any enactment for preventing the theft of stock or produce.
(3) Whenever it is provided in any enactment that the arrest of any person may be made by a
police officer or other official without warrant, subject to conditions or to the existence of
circumstances 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.
32 Procedure after arrest without warrant
(1) For the purposes of this section—
“court day” means any day except a Sunday or a public holiday.
(2) Subject to subsections (3a), (3b) and (3c), a person arrested without warrant shall as soon as
possible be brought to a police station or charge office and, if not released by reason that no charge
is to be brought against him, may be detained for a period not exceeding forty-eight hours unless he
is brought before a judge or magistrate upon a charge of any offence and his further detention is
ordered by that judge or magistrate or a warrant for his further detention is obtained in terms of
section thirty-three:
Provided that if the person arrested without warrant is charged with any offence referred to in
paragraph 10 of the Third Schedule⎯
(a) the judge or magistrate before whom he is brought in terms of this section shall not decline
to order his further detention or to issue a warrant for his further detention solely on the
basis that there are no prima facie grounds for the charge; and
(b) no court shall admit such person to bail for a period of seven days from the date when an
order or warrant for his further detention was issued in terms of paragraph (a).
[Subsection as substituted by s. 44 of Act No. 1 of 2002 and amended by s. 3 of Act No. 14 of 2004.]
(3) If the period referred to in subsection (2) expires—
(a) on a day which is not a court day or on any court day after four o’clock in the afternoon,
the said period shall be deemed to expire at four o’clock in the afternoon of the court day
next succeeding that day; or
(b) on any court day before four o’clock in the afternoon, the said period shall be deemed to
expire at four o’clock in the afternoon of that court day:
Provided that this subsection shall not in any case be construed as extending the period referred
to in subsection (1) beyond a period of ninety-six hours.
(3a) Where the person arrested without warrant is charged with any offence referred to in
paragraph 10 of the Third Schedule and the judge or magistrate before whom the person is brought
in terms of this section is satisfied that there is a reasonable suspicion that the person committed the