Arms Act, 1959
20. Arrest of persons conveying arms, etc .,
under suspicious circumstances-Where any person
found carrying or conveying any arms or ammunition whether covered by a license
or not, in such manner or under such circumstances as to afford just grounds of
suspicion that the same are or is being carried by him with intent to use them,
or that the same may be used, for any unlawful purpose any magistrate, any
police officer or any other public officer or any other public servant or any
person employed or working, upon a railway, aircraft, vessel, vehicle or any
other means of conveyance, may arrest him without warrant and seize from him
such arms or ammunition.