Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

CASINO CONTROL ACT 1988 (REPEALED) - SECT 107

    (1)     If an inspector enters the casino under section 13 (1), the inspector may search the casino for, and seize, anything that the inspector suspects on reasonable grounds to be connected with an offence.

    (2)     If—

        (a)     an inspector enters the casino under section 13 (1); and

        (b)     the inspector suspects, on reasonable grounds, that a particular thing is connected with a particular offence;

the inspector may search a person for the thing and, if the thing is found in the course of the search, seize it.

    (3)     If a police officer suspects, on reasonable grounds, that a particular thing is connected with a particular offence, the police officer may search a person, or enter premises and search, for the thing and, if the thing is found in the course of the search, seize it.

    (4)     An inspector or police officer shall not exercise a power under this section in relation to a thing unless—

        (a)     the inspector or police officer believes, on reasonable grounds, that it is necessary to exercise the power to prevent the concealment, loss or destruction of the thing; and

        (b)     the circumstances are so serious and urgent that they require the immediate exercise of the power without the authority of an order of a court or of a warrant issued under this Act or another law in force in the Territory.

    (5)     If, in the course of searching, in accordance with this section, for a thing connected with a particular offence, an inspector or police officer finds—

        (a)     a thing that the inspector or police officer believes, on reasonable grounds, to be a thing connected with another offence; or

        (b)     anything that the inspector or police officer believes, on reasonable grounds, will afford evidence as to the commission of an offence;

and the inspector or police officer believes, on reasonable grounds, that it is necessary to seize that thing in order to prevent its concealment, loss or destruction, or its use in committing, continuing or repeating the offence or the other offence, the inspector or police officer may seize the thing.