South Australian Current Acts

SUMMARY OFFENCES ACT 1953 - SECT 68

68—Power to search suspected vehicles, vessels, and persons

        (1)         A police officer may do any or all of the following things, namely, stop, search and detain—

            (a)         a vehicle or vessel in or upon which there is reasonable cause to suspect that—

                  (i)         there are stolen goods; or

                  (ii)         there is an object, possession of which constitutes an offence; or

                  (iii)         there is evidence of the commission of an indictable offence;

            (b)         a person who is reasonably suspected of having, on or about his or her person—

                  (i)         stolen goods; or

                  (ii)         an object, possession of which constitutes an offence; or

                  (iii)         evidence of the commission of an indictable offence.

        (2)         In this section—

"stolen goods" includes goods obtained by the commission of an offence.