That's correct. We're amending only subsection 494(2) of the code. Subsection 494(3), which requires delivery to the peace officer, remains. So this provision will remain in the law. Anyone other than a peace officer who arrests a person without warrant shall forthwith deliver the person to a peace officer. So “forthwith” has that element of “ASAP”.
In the scenario that I described earlier in response to Monsieur Jacob, if the person who is arresting calls the police and says they have arrested so-and-so for a theft, the police officer would either tell them to release that person and a summons to appear will be sent, or the police would come and take over. At that point the person would be subject to all the provisions and safeguards and notice requirements that police would otherwise provide to somebody they arrest.