Queensland Consolidated Acts

POLICE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT 2000 - SECT 29

29 Searching persons without warrant

(1) A police officer who reasonably suspects any of the prescribed circumstances for searching a person without a warrant exist may, without a warrant, do any of the following—

(a) stop and detain a person;

(b) search the person and anything in the person’s possession for anything relevant to the circumstances for which the person is detained.

(2) The police officer may seize all or part of a thing—

(a) that may provide evidence of the commission of an offence; or

(b) that the person intends to use to cause harm to himself, herself or someone else; or

(c) if section 30 (b) applies, that is an antique firearm.