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POLICE ADMINISTRATION AMENDMENT ACT 2007 (NO 29 OF 2007) - SECT 27

Amendment of section 126 (Power to enter to make arrest or preserve peace)

    Section 126(2AC)

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    (2AC)     A member who searches a place under subsection (2AA) is authorised to use the force that is reasonably necessary:

    (a)     to open any cupboard, drawer, chest, trunk, box, package or other receptacle, whether a fixture or not, found at the place; and

    (b)     to carry out a search of a person at the place.



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