CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION ACT 2006 - SECT 64
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION ACT 2006 - SECT 64
64 . Strip search, meaning of
(1) An officer who is
authorised by this Act to do a strip search of a person may do any or all of
the following —
(a)
remove any article that the person is wearing including any article covering
his or her private parts;
(b)
search any article removed under paragraph (a);
(c)
search the person’s external parts, including his or her private parts;
(d)
search the person’s mouth but not any other orifice.
(2) An officer who is
authorised by this Act to do a strip search of a person is not, unless
authorised to do so under Part 9, authorised to also do a forensic procedure
on the person being searched.