SENTENCE ADMINISTRATION ACT 2003 - SECT 90
SENTENCE ADMINISTRATION ACT 2003 - SECT 90
90 . Searches
(1) If the manager of
a centre believes that it is necessary for the security or good order of a
centre or the offenders in it, he or she may at any time —
(a)
cause a prescribed person to search the centre or any part of it or anything
in it; or
(b)
order a person wishing to enter or remain in a centre, or anything in the
person’s possession or under the person’s control, to be searched
by a prescribed person.
(2) If a person
refuses to submit to such a search, the manager may order the person to leave
the centre immediately.
(3) A manager may at
any time order a search to be stopped.
(4) A person who
disobeys a manager’s order under subsection (2) commits an offence.
Penalty: $1 000.
[Section 90 amended: No. 65 of 2006 s. 43.]