Section 241: Arrest of deserters and absentees without leave

(1) A police officer or, where a police officer is not available, any other person, may arrest without warrant a person whom he has reasonable cause to suspect of being a person subject to service law under this Act who has deserted or is absent without leave.
(2) A person who has authority to issue a warrant for the arrest of a person charged with a crime, if satisfied by evidence on oath that there is or is reasonably suspected of being within his jurisdiction a person subject to service law under this Act who has deserted or is absent without leave or is reasonably suspected of having deserted or of being absent without leave, may issue a warrant authorising his arrest.
(3) A person in custody in pursuance of this section shall as soon as practicable be brought before a magistrate's court.
(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, a person arrested and brought before a magistrate's court under the provisions of this section or of section 246 or 247 of this Act, shall not be admitted to bail.