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LAW ENFORCEMENT (POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES) ACT 2002 - SECT 28A

Power to carry out search of person in lawful custody after arrest

28A Power to carry out search of person in lawful custody after arrest

(cf Cth Act, s 3ZH, common law)

(1) A police officer may search a person who is in lawful custody after arrest and seize and detain anything found on that search.
(2) Any such search may be carried out at a police station or other place of detention or immediately before or during transportation of the person to or from a police station or other place of detention.



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