4:22-44.   Any municipal humane law enforcement officer, chief humane law enforcement officer, humane law enforcement officer of a county society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, sheriff, undersheriff, or police officer may:
 
   a.   Make arrests for violations of article 2 of chapter 22 of Title 4 of the Revised Statutes; and
 
   b.   Arrest without warrant any person found violating the provisions of article 2 of chapter 22 of Title 4 of the Revised Statutes in the presence of such humane law enforcement officer, sheriff, undersheriff, or police officer.
 
   amended 1953, c.5, s.80; 1997, c.247, s.4; 2005, c.372, s.17; 2017, c.331, s.15; 2023, c.250, s.14.