Enforcement

(a) Powers of arrest or citation. Any authorized police officer shall issue a citation for any violation under this article, except they may arrest for instances when: (1) The alleged violator refuses to provide the officer with such person’s name and address and any proof thereof as may be reasonably available to the alleged violator; or (2) When the alleged violator refuses to cease such person’s illegal activity after being issued a citation. (b) Citation. (1) There shall be provided for use by authorized police officers, a form of citation for use in citing violators of this article which does not mandate physical arrest of such violators. The form and content of such citation shall be as adopted or prescribed by the administrative judge of the district court and shall be printed on a form commensurate with the form of other citations used in modern methods of arrest, so designed to include all necessary information to make the same valid within the laws and regulations of the State of Hawaii and the City and County of Honolulu. (2) In every case when a citation is issued, a copy of the same shall be given to the violator. (3) Every citation shall be consecutively numbered and each carbon copy shall bear the name of its respective original.