Originally Posted by fiend

So as there is no way of appealing a Section 59, in theory, a police officer does not need to have any evidence at all as they don't need to be able to prove their reason for issuing the Section 59.

So they can give you one just because they want to or 'may' have seen you done something?

It seems like the power to issue a Section 59 can be abused by police officers very easily.