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MISUSE OF DRUGS ACT 2001 (NO. 94 OF 2001) - SECT 31

Power to require information

(1)  A police officer who seizes a controlled substance or other thing under a search warrant or section 29 may require the person from whom the controlled substance or thing was seized to state –
(a) the person's name and the address of the person's place of residence or of the place where the person proposes next to reside; and
(b) the place at which, and the person from whom, the first-mentioned person obtained the controlled substance or thing.
(2)  A person must not –
(a) fail to comply with a requirement made under subsection (1) in relation to the particulars referred to in paragraph (a) of that subsection; or
(b) without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with a requirement made under subsection (1) in relation to the particulars referred to in paragraph (b) of that subsection when it is within the person's power so to comply; or
(c) in response to a requirement made under subsection (1) , give information that the person knows to be false or misleading.
Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.
(3)  A police officer who searches or is empowered to search a person under a search warrant or section 29 may arrest the person without warrant if –
(a) the person fails to comply with a requirement made under subsection (1) ; or
(b) in response to such a requirement, the person gives information that the police officer reasonably believes to be false or misleading.



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