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SENTENCE ADMINISTRATION ACT 1995 - SECT 90

90 .         Searches

        (1)         If the supervisor of a centre believes that it is necessary for the security or good order of a centre or the offenders in it, he or she may at any time —

            (a)         cause a prescribed person to search the centre or any part of it or anything in it; or

            (b)         order a person wishing to enter or remain in a centre, or anything in the person’s possession or under the person’s control, to be searched by a prescribed person.

        (2)         If a person refuses to submit to such a search, the supervisor may order the person to leave the centre immediately.

        (3)         A supervisor may at any time order a search to be stopped.

        (4)         A person who disobeys a supervisor’s order under subsection (2) commits an offence.

        Penalty: $1 000.



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