Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 209

    (1)     This section applies if a police officer suspects, on reasonable grounds, that—

        (a)     a thing relevant to a serious offence or a thing stolen or otherwise unlawfully obtained, is in or on a conveyance; and

        (b)     it is necessary to exercise a power under subsection (2) to prevent the thing from being concealed, lost or destroyed; and

        (c)     it is necessary to exercise the power without the authority of a search warrant because the circumstances are serious and urgent.

    (2)     If this section applies, the police officer may—

        (a)     stop and detain the conveyance; and

        (b)     search the conveyance and any container in or on the conveyance, for the relevant thing; and

        (c)     seize the thing if he or she finds it there.

    (3)     If, in the course of searching for the relevant thing, the police officer finds any evidential material, the police officer may seize the material if he or she suspects, on reasonable grounds, that—

        (a)     it is necessary to seize it to prevent its concealment, loss or destruction; and

        (b)     it is necessary to seize it without the authority of a search warrant because the circumstances are serious and urgent.

    (4)     The police officer shall exercise his or her powers under this section subject to section 210.