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CORRECTIONS ACT 1986 - SECT 104B

Formal searches in police gaols

S. 104B(1) substituted by No. 59/2015
s. 18(1).

    (1)     A person who wishes to enter or remain in a police gaol as a visitor must submit to a formal search if asked to do so by a police officer or police custody officer.

    (2)     In this section formal search means a search to detect the presence of drugs, weapons or metal articles carried out by an electronic or mechanical device.

S. 104B(3) amended by No. 59/2015
s. 18(2).

    (3)     If, when asked under subsection (1), a person does not submit to a formal search, a police officer or police custody officer may prohibit the person from entering the police gaol or if the person is in the police gaol, order the person to leave the police gaol immediately.

S. 104C inserted by No. 45/1996
s. 11.



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