(1) Any person found wandering about and unable to show that he has any settled place of abode or any employment or visible and sufficient means of subsistence and any defective found neglected or abandoned shall be deemed to be a destitute.

(2) Any police officer may require a person who is apparently a destitute to accompany him to appear before a magistrate, and may take such person to a police station or institution and such person may be there detained for not more than twenty-four hours or until it is practicable to appear before a magistrate, whichever is the shorter period.

(3) Any person who is apparently a destitute and who refuses or fails to accompany a police officer or to appear before a magistrate when required to do so may be arrested by a police officer without warrant, and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of ten new cedis or in default to imprisonment not exceeding one month.