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Power to search suspected vehicles, vessels, and persons

In force

(1)

A police officer may do any or all of the following things, namely, stop, search and detain—

(a)

a vehicle or vessel in or upon which there is reasonable cause to suspect that—

(i)

there are stolen goods; or

(ii)

there is an object, possession of which constitutes an offence; or

(iii)

there is evidence of the commission of an indictable offence;

(b)

a person who is reasonably suspected of having, on or about his or her person—

(i)

stolen goods; or

(ii)

an object, possession of which constitutes an offence; or

(iii)

evidence of the commission of an indictable offence.

(2)

In this section—

stolen goods includes goods obtained by the commission of an offence.

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