Section 50: Police to prevent offences and injury to public property

(1) A police officer may intervene for the purpose of preventing, and shall to the best of his ability, prevent the commission of an offence.
(2) A police officer may of his authority interpose to prevent an injury attempted to be committed in his presence to any public property, whether movable or immovable, or the removal of or injury to any public landmark or buoy or other mark used for navigation.