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INTERNATIONAL WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS ACT 1995 - SECT 69

Power to conduct an ordinary search of an arrested person

    A police officer who arrests a person under this Act or pursuant to a warrant issued under this Act, or who is present at such an arrest, may, if the police officer suspects on reasonable grounds that the person is carrying:

  (a)   evidential material relating to the Tribunal offence to which the person's custody relates; or

  (b)   a seizable item;

conduct an ordinary search of the person at or soon after the time of arrest, and seize any such thing found as a result of the search.



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