CRIMES (DOMESTIC AND PERSONAL VIOLENCE) ACT 2007 - SECT 90C
Searching detained persons
CRIMES (DOMESTIC AND PERSONAL VIOLENCE) ACT 2007 - SECT 90C
Searching detained persons
90C Searching detained persons
(1) A police officer by whom a person is detained under this Part may--
(a)
conduct a search of the person or of articles in the possession of the person
that may include--
(i) requiring the person to remove only his or her
overcoat, coat or jacket or similar article of clothing and any gloves, shoes,
socks and hat, and
(ii) an examination of those items, and
(b) take
possession of any personal belongings found in the person's possession.
(2) A
person is entitled to the return of the personal belongings taken from the
person under this section when the person ceases to be detained under this
Part.