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Civil Defence Act 1986 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 6 · Arrest, Custody and Search
67. Search of person in custody
Feedback & supportSubject to section 68, where a person is in custody —
(a)
the person whose custody he or she is in;
(b)
a provost officer; or
provost officer
Defined · s 2
“provost officer” means any member of the Force appointed by the Commissioner as a provost officer for the purposes of this Act;
(c)
a person acting in accordance with the directions of a person referred to in paragraph (a) or (b),may search the firstmentioned person and may take from the firstmentioned person anything found on him or her.