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CORRECTIONS MANAGEMENT ACT 2007 - SECT 121 Body searches—seizing things

CORRECTIONS MANAGEMENT ACT 2007 - SECT 121

Body searches—seizing things

    (1)     The doctor conducting a body search of a detainee may seize anything discovered during the search if—

        (a)     seizing the thing would not be likely to cause injury to the detainee; and

        (b)     the doctor believes, on reasonable grounds, that the thing may be evidence of the commission of an offence or disciplinary breach by the detainee.

    (2)     The doctor must give the thing seized to a corrections officer as soon as practicable.