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LAW ENFORCEMENT (POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES) ACT 2002 - SECT 24

Power to carry out search of person in custody

24 Power to carry out search of person in custody

(cf Cth Act, s 3ZH, common law)
A police officer may search a person who is in lawful custody (whether at a police station or at any other place) and seize and detain anything found on that search.



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