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CORRECTIONS MANAGEMENT ACT 2007 (NO. 15 OF 2007 ) - SECT 120

Body searches—rules about touching detainee

The doctor conducting the body search of a detainee, and the nurse present at the search, may, for the search, touch the detainee and examine the detainee's orifices and cavities, but only if the doctor or nurse is of the same sex as the detainee.



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