CORRECTIONS ACT 1986 - SECT 104D Seizure

CORRECTIONS ACT 1986 - SECT 104D

S. 104D(1) amended by No. 59/2015

s. 20(1).

    (1)     In carrying out searches under sections 104B and  104C, a police officer or police custody officer may seize any one or more of the following—

        (a)     any thing found in the police gaol, whether in a person's possession or not, which the police officer or police custody officer believes on reasonable grounds jeopardises or is likely to jeopardise the security or good order of the police gaol or the safety of persons in the police gaol;

        (b)     any thing found on a detained person or in a detained person's possession, other than a thing which the detained person is authorised to wear or to possess under the regulations or a direction of the officer in charge of the police gaol;

        (c)     any thing which a detained person is authorised to wear or possess under the regulations or a direction of the officer in charge of the police gaol which the police officer or police custody officer believes on reasonable grounds jeopardises or is likely to jeopardise the security of the police gaol or the safety of persons in the police gaol;

        (d)     any thing which the police officer or police custody officer believes on reasonable grounds is connected with, or affords evidence of, the commission of the offence for which the person is detained in the police gaol.

S. 104D(2) amended by No. 59/2015

s. 20(2).

    (2)     A police officer or police custody officer who seizes any thing under subsection (1) must immediately inform the officer in charge of the police gaol.

S. 104D(3) repealed by No. 59/2015

s. 20(3).

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Pt 9A Div. 4 (Heading and ss. 104DA– 104DC) inserted by No. 59/2015

s. 21.

Division 4—Transport and supervision of persons by police custody officers

S. 104DA inserted by No. 59/2015

s. 21.