643
In forceUse of electronic screening devices in watch-houses
Part 6APrevention of criminal consorting
643 Use of electronic screening devices in watch-houses
(1)
This section applies if the system for the security of a watch-house involves the use of 1 or more of the following electronic screening devices—
(a)
a walk-through detector;
(b)
an X-ray machine;
(c)
a hand held scanner.
(2)
A watch-house officer may ask the entrant to do 1 or more of the following—
(a)
to walk through a walk-through detector;
(b)
to pass the entrant’s belongings through an X-ray machine;
(c)
to allow the watch-house officer to pass a hand held scanner in close proximity to the entrant;
(d)
to allow the watch-house officer to pass a hand held scanner in close proximity to the entrant’s belongings.
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