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Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002
45BPower to search for and seize things without warrant
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#### 45B Power to search for and seize things without warrant
45B Power to search for and seize things without warrant
> > (1) A police officer may, without warrant, stop, search and detain a person, vehicle, vessel or aircraft if the police officer suspects on reasonable grounds that the person has in his or her possession or under his or her control (or that the vehicle, vessel or aircraft contains) anything to which this Division applies.
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> > (2) A police officer may seize and detain all or part of a thing found as a result of a search under this section that the police officer suspects on reasonable grounds is a thing to which this Division applies.
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> **s 45B:** Ins 2016 No 7, Sch 3 \[1\].