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LAW ENFORCEMENT (POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES) ACT 2002 - SECT 30

Frisk searches and ordinary searches

30 Frisk searches and ordinary searches

(1) A police officer or other person who is authorised to search a person may carry out a frisk search or an ordinary search of the person for any purpose for which the search may be conducted.
(2) In conducting a frisk search, a police officer or other person may, if the police officer or other person has asked the person to remove a coat or jacket, treat the person’s outer clothing as being the person’s outer clothes after the coat or jacket has been removed.



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