MUTUAL ASSISTANCE IN CRIMINAL MATTERS ACT 1987 - SECT 38V Power to search an arrested person
MUTUAL ASSISTANCE IN CRIMINAL MATTERS ACT 1987 - SECT 38V
Power to search an arrested person(1) The police officer arresting the person, or any police officer who is present at the arrest, may:
(a) if he or she believes on reasonable grounds that it is prudent to do so in order to ascertain whether the person is carrying any seizable items--conduct a frisk search of the person at, or soon after, the time of arrest; or
(b) if he or she suspects on reasonable grounds that the person is carrying any seizable items--conduct an ordinary search of the person at, or soon after, the time of the arrest.
(2) The police officer may seize any seizable items found as a
result of the search.