In cases of flagrant crime or flagrant misdemeanour punishable by imprisonment, any person is entitled to apprehend the perpetrator and bring him before the nearest judicial police officer.
When the person is brought before the judicial police officer, it is not compulsory for them to be held in police custody, where the conditions for this measure laid down in this Code are met, provided that they are not required to remain at the disposal of the investigators under duress and that they have been informed that they may leave the police or gendarmerie premises at any time. However, this paragraph does not apply if the person has been taken, under duress, by the police force to the judicial police officer.