Western Australian Consolidated Acts

WEAPONS ACT 1999 - SECT 14

14 .         Search and seizure with a warrant

        (1)         If a justice is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that there is located in a place —

            (a)         any weapon relating to an offence; or

            (b)         anything else that will afford evidence as to the commission of an offence,

                the justice may grant a warrant of search and seizure in relation to that place.

        (2)         A warrant under subsection (1) authorises any member of the Police Force with such assistance as the member thinks necessary and with such force as is reasonably necessary for the execution of the warrant —

            (a)         to enter the place at any time;

            (b)         to search the place;

            (c)         to stop, detain and search anyone at the place; and

            (d)         to seize —

                  (i)         any weapon that the member suspects on reasonable grounds relates to an offence; or

                  (ii)         anything else that the member suspects on reasonable grounds will afford evidence as to the commission of an offence.