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DRUGS, POISONS AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT 1981 - SECT 60D Police may use reasonable force

DRUGS, POISONS AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT 1981 - SECT 60D

Police may use reasonable force

A police officer may use such force as is reasonably necessary when—

        (a)     conducting a search under section 60E or  60F;

        (b)     seizing a volatile substance or an item used to inhale a volatile substance under section 60J or 60K;

        (c)     apprehending and detaining a person under section 60L.

S. 60E inserted by No. 55/2003 s. 4, amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 47.7).