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DRUGS OF DEPENDENCE ACT 1989
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184 Search and seizure
(1) A police officer may search a person or the clothing that is being worn
by, or property in the immediate control of, a person and may seize
any thing that he or she suspects on reasonable grounds to be
connected with an offence that is found in the course of the search, if,
and only if, the search and seizure is made by the police officer—
(a) after obtaining the consent of the person to the search in
accordance with section 185; or
(b) in accordance with section 186 on taking the person into lawful
custody in relation to an offence; or
(c) under a warrant issued under section 187; or
(d) in circumstances of seriousness and urgency, in accordance with
section 188; or
(e) under an order made by a court; or
(f) otherwise under a provision of a law in force in the ACT.
(2) A police officer may enter any place, and may search for and seize
any thing that he or she suspects on reasonable grounds to be
connected with an offence that is found on or in the place if, and only
if, the search and seizure is made by the police officer—
(a) after obtaining the consent of the occupier of the place to the
entry in accordance with section 185; or
(b) under a warrant issued under section 187; or
(c) in circumstances of seriousness and urgency, in accordance with
section 188; or
(d) under an order made by a court; or
(e) otherwise under a provision of a law in force in the ACT.