Police Force Act 2004 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Duties, Discipline and Powersof Police Officers
26C. Search by police officer for document or thing in suicide or attempted suicide cases
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A police officer may, without a search warrant, search or cause a search to be made for a document or other thing in any place if —
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“police officer” means any member of the Police Force and includes a temporary constable;
the police officer considers the document or thing to be necessary for any purpose mentioned in section 26A(1);
the police officer has reason to believe that the document or thing, which the police officer considers to be necessary for any purpose mentioned in section 26A(1), is likely to be removed; or
it is not known who possesses the document or thing which the police officer considers to be necessary for any purpose mentioned in section 26A(1).
The police officer in subsection (1) must, if reasonably practicable, conduct the search in person.
The provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010 relating to searches pursuant to search warrants, with the necessary modifications, apply to a search made under this section.
Where a police officer executing any search under this section demands entry or access to a place liable to search under this section, the occupier or any person in charge of the place must allow the police officer free entry or access and provide all reasonable facilities for a search in it.
If free entry or access to that place cannot be obtained under subsection (4), it is lawful in any case for the police officer or other person executing the search to break open any outer or inner door or window of any place or to use any other reasonable means in order to gain entry or access into the place.