Queensland Consolidated Acts

POLICE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT 2000 - SECT 649

649 Watch-house officer may search person in custody at watch-house

(1) A watch-house officer may search and re-search a person to whom chapter 16 applies if the person is in custody at a watch-house.

(2) A watch-house officer may seize from the person anything found during the search that the watch-house officer reasonably suspects may provide evidence of the commission of an offence.

(3) Also, the watch-house officer may take and retain, while the person is in custody—

(a) anything that may endanger anyone’s safety, including the person’s safety; or

(b) anything that may be used for an escape; or

(c) anything else the watch-house officer reasonably considers should be kept in safe custody while the person is in custody.