CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND EVIDENCE ACT [Subsection amended by s. 4 of Act No. 22 of 2001.] 27 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. 28 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 s. 7 of Act No. 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. 30 Arrest by private person for certain offences on reasonable suspicion Any private person may without warrant arrest any other person upon reasonable suspicion that such other person has committed any offence specified in the First Schedule. 31 Arrest of persons offering stolen property for sale Where anyone may without warrant arrest another for committing an offence, he may also arrest without warrant any person who offers to sell, pawn or deliver to him any property which on reasonable grounds he believes to have been acquired by such person by means of any such offence. 31A Arrest by persons in charge of ship, boat or aircraft (1) The commander or person in charge of any ship, boat or aircraft may without warrant arrest any person whom he knows or on reasonable grounds believes to have committed, to be committing or to be about to commit an offence aboard the ship, boat or aircraft. (2) A commander or person in charge of any ship, boat or aircraft may authorise any member of the crew of the ship, boat or aircraft or any passenger aboard the ship, boat or aircraft to assist him in arresting any person in terms of subsection (1), and the member of the crew or the passenger so authorised shall have the same power to effect the arrest as the commander or person in charge of the ship, boat or aircraft. [Section inserted by s. 282 of Act No. 23 of 2004] 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 fortyeight hours unless he is brought before a judge or magistrate upon a charge of any offence and 21