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CUSTOMS ACT 1901 - SECT 211A

Power to conduct an ordinary search of an arrested person

    An officer of Customs or police who arrests a person under section   210, or who is present at such an arrest, may, if the officer suspects on reasonable grounds that the person is carrying:

  (a)   evidential material in relation to the offence for which the person is arrested or another offence; or

  (b)   a seizable item;

conduct an ordinary search of the person at or soon after the time of arrest, and seize any such thing found as a result of the search.


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