SEARCH WARRANTS ACT 1985 - SECT 8 Search and arrest of persons pursuant to warrant

This legislation has been repealed.

SEARCH WARRANTS ACT 1985 - SECT 8

8 Search and arrest of persons pursuant to warrant

A member of the police force executing a search warrant issued under this Part:

(a) may search a person found in or on the premises whom the member of the police force reasonably suspects of having a thing mentioned in the warrant, and

(b) may arrest and bring before an authorised officer within the meaning of the Criminal Procedure Act 1986 any person found in or on the premises whom the member of the police force reasonably suspects of having committed an offence in respect of a thing seized pursuant to section 7.