CRIMINAL PROPERTY CONFISCATION ACT 2000 - SECT 73

CRIMINAL PROPERTY CONFISCATION ACT 2000 - SECT 73

73 .         Confiscable property etc., powers to search etc. people for

        (1)         A police officer or an authorised CCC officer may, at any time, stop and detain a person if there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that the person has confiscable property, or property-tracking documents, in his or her possession.

        (2)         A police officer or an authorised CCC officer may, at any time, stop and detain a person if there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that another person is holding confiscable property, or property-tracking documents, on behalf of the person to be detained.

        (3)         For the purpose of exercising their powers under subsection (1) or (2), a police officer or an authorised CCC officer may stop and detain a vehicle.

        (4)         When a police officer or an authorised CCC officer detains a person under subsection (1) or (2), the officer may —

            (a)         search the person in accordance with section 75; and

            (b)         search any baggage, package, vehicle or anything else apparently in the possession or under the control of the person.

        (5)         When exercising their powers under this section, a police officer or an authorised CCC officer may use any necessary force and any assistance the officer thinks necessary.

        [Section 73 amended: No. 10 of 2018 s. 59.]