Section 135(1) in Tamil Nadu State Housing Board Act, 1961
(1)Any police officer not below the rank of a head constable, may arrest any person who commits, in his presence, any offence against this Act or any rule or regulation made thereunder, if the name or address of such person be unknown to him, and if such person on demand declines to give his name or address, or gives a name or address which such officer has reason to believe to be false.