(1) This section does
not apply unless there are reasonable grounds to suspect that a person is in
possession of —
(a)
anything used, or intended to be used, in connection with the commission of
the section 5 offence; or
(b)
anything else that may provide evidence of, or other information about, the
offence.
(2) A police officer
may without a warrant stop, detain, and search the person and any conveyance
where the police officer reasonably suspects the person to be.
(3) The power to stop
and detain a conveyance includes the power to detain anyone in or on the
conveyance for as long as is reasonably necessary to search the conveyance
even though, until the conveyance has been searched, the person may not be
suspected of anything because of which the person can be detained under
subsection (2).
(4) A police officer
may without a warrant seize anything described in subsection (1).
(5) A police officer
may use any force that is reasonably necessary, and may call on any assistance
necessary, in order to perform a function under this section.
(6) In this section
—
conveyance means anything used or capable of being
used to transport people or goods by air, land, or water, and it does not
matter how it is propelled or that it may ordinarily be stationary.
[Section 53 inserted: No. 78 of 2003 s. 17.]