Criminal Procedure Code 2010 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Information to Police and Powers of Investigation
32. Search without warrant for stolen property
Feedback & supportIf information is given to any police officer of or above the rank of sergeant that there is reasonable cause for suspecting that any stolen property is concealed or lodged in any place and the police officer has good grounds for believing that by reason of the delay in obtaining a search warrant such property is likely to be removed, he or she may search for the property alleged to have been stolen in the place specified without a search warrant.
police officer
“police officer” has the meaning given by the Police Force Act 2004;
A list of all the articles found upon a search conducted under subsection (1) and alleged to have been stolen or missing must be delivered or taken down in writing with a declaration stating that an offence of theft, extortion, robbery, criminal misappropriation, criminal breach of trust or cheating has been committed and that the informant has good grounds for believing that the property is deposited in that place.
writing
“writing” includes any mode of representing or reproducing words, figures, drawings or symbols in a visible form, whether permanent or otherwise.
The person who lost the property or the person’s representative must accompany the officer in the search for that property under subsection (1) unless that person or that person’s representative cannot be found without unreasonable delay.
property
“property” means money and all other property, movable or immovable, including things in action and other intangible or incorporeal property;