TERRORISM (PREVENTATIVE DETENTION) ACT 2005 - SECT 24

TERRORISM (PREVENTATIVE DETENTION) ACT 2005 - SECT 24

24—Power to conduct a frisk search

A police officer who takes a person into custody under a preventative detention order, or who is present when the person is taken into custody, may, if the police officer suspects on reasonable grounds that it is prudent to do so in order to ascertain whether the person is carrying any seizable items—

            (a)         conduct a frisk search of the person at, or soon after, the time when the person is taken into custody; and

            (b)         seize any seizable items found as a result of the search.