Women’s Charter 1961 · s 64F

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s 64FPower to search arrested person; power to seize offensive weapons

(1)

An enforcement officer may exercise the powers under the following provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010 against a person arrested under section 64E as if the officer were a police officer:

(a)

section 78(1) (power to search arrested person, etc.);

(b)

section 79 (power to seize offensive weapons from arrested person).

(2)

A search of a woman under subsection (1) must comply with section 83 of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010 (mode of searching women).