Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) A police officer
or an authorised CCC officer may apply to a Justice of the Peace for a search
warrant.
(2) A Justice of the
Peace may issue a warrant to search any vehicle, premises or place if
satisfied, by information on oath, that there are reasonable grounds for
suspecting that any confiscable property, or any property-tracking documents
—
(a) is
or are in or on the vehicle, premises or place; or
(b) will
be in or on the vehicle, premises or place within the next 72 hours.
(3) The search warrant
may authorise a police officer or an authorised CCC officer to do any or all
of the following, using any necessary force and with any assistance the
officer thinks necessary —
(a)
enter the vehicle, premises or place described in the warrant;
(b)
search the vehicle, premises or place;
(c)
search any baggage, package or anything else found in or on the vehicle,
premises or place;
(d)
detain any person in or on the vehicle, premises or place and search the
person in accordance with section 75.
(4) A warrant —
(a) may
be executed at any time of night or day; and
(b)
continues in force for 30 days after the day on which it was issued.
[Section 74 amended: No. 10 of 2018 s. 60.]