12. Visitors may be searched

Every visitor to a court house lock-up shall —

furnish the officer-in-charge, or a prison officer, with the visitor’s name and address; and

permit the officer-in-charge, or a prison officer, to search the visitor’s person and personal property.

A search conducted under paragraph (1)(b) —

shall not take place in the presence of any lock-up prisoner or of another visitor;

shall be conducted with due regard to decency; and

if to be conducted on a female, shall only be conducted by a prison officer who is female.

A prison officer may deny a visitor admission to a court house lock-up if —

the visitor refuses to be searched; or

the prison officer is of the opinion that the visitor’s admission would be prejudicial to the security or good order of the court house lock-up.

Where a prison officer denies any visitor admission to a court house lock-up under paragraph (3), the prison officer must record the grounds of the prison officer’s refusal in a report to the officer-in-charge.

Every visitor to a court house lock-up shall —

furnish the officer-in-charge, or a prison officer, with the visitor’s name and address; and

permit the officer-in-charge, or a prison officer, to search the visitor’s person and personal property.

A search conducted under paragraph (1)(b) —

shall not take place in the presence of any lock-up prisoner or of another visitor;

shall be conducted with due regard to decency; and

if to be conducted on a female, shall only be conducted by a prison officer who is female.

A prison officer may deny a visitor admission to a court house lock-up if —

the visitor refuses to be searched; or

the prison officer is of the opinion that the visitor’s admission would be prejudicial to the security or good order of the court house lock-up.

Where a prison officer denies any visitor admission to a court house lock-up under paragraph (3), the prison officer must record the grounds of the prison officer’s refusal in a report to the officer-in-charge.