Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) A justice of the
peace who is satisfied by information on oath that there are reasonable
grounds to suspect that any thing referred to in section 23(1)(a), (b) or
(c) may be in or on any vehicle, or in or on any premises or other place, may
grant to a police officer a search warrant authorising a police officer at any
time or times within 30 days from the date of that search warrant to
enter any vehicle, or any premises or other place, named in that search
warrant and, subject to this section, to search that vehicle or those premises
or that other place and any person and any baggage, package or other thing of
any kind whatsoever found therein or thereon, using such force as is
reasonably necessary and with such assistance as the police officer considers
necessary.
(2) A person shall not
be searched under a search warrant except by —
(a) a
person of the same sex as the firstmentioned person; or
(b) a
medical practitioner.
(3) A police officer
who wishes to search a person under a search warrant may, if it is not then
and there practicable to comply with subsection (2) in relation to the
person —
(a)
detain the person until; or
(b)
detain the person and convey him to a place where,
it is practicable for
that subsection to be complied with in relation to the person.
(4) A person shall not
be detained, or detained and conveyed, under subsection (3) for longer
than is reasonably necessary under the circumstances for the purpose of
complying with subsection (2) in relation to the person.
[Section 24 amended by No. 50 of 1990
s. 7.]