Search and seizure without a warrant

In force

(1)

A member of the Police Force may without a warrant stop, detain and search anyone who the member suspects on reasonable grounds to be —

(a)

committing an offence;

(b)

carrying a weapon relating to an offence; or

(c)

carrying something else that will afford evidence as to the commission of an offence.

(2)

A member of the Police Force may without a warrant stop, detain and search any conveyance where the member suspects on reasonable grounds that there is located —

(a)

a weapon relating to an offence; or

(b)

anything else that will afford evidence as to the commission of an offence.

(3)

A member of the Police Force may without a warrant seize —

(a)

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

(b)

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

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13 Search and seizure without a warrant