Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 152

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 1902, TITLE 11, DELAWARE CODE, BY PERMITTING THE QUESTIONING AND DETAINING OF SUSPECTS FOUND IN A PUBLIC PLACE.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Delaware:

Section 1. Section 1902, Title 11, Delaware Code, is hereby amended by striking subsection (a) and inserting in lieu thereof a new subsection (a) as follows:

A peace officer may stop any person abroad, or in a public place, who he has reasonable ground to suspect is committing, has committed, or is about to commit a crime, and may demand of him his name, address, business abroad, and where he is going.

Approved December 26, 1967.