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Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000
sec.29Searching persons without warrant
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### sec.29 Searching persons without warrant
A police officer who reasonably suspects any of the prescribed circumstances for searching a person without a warrant exist may, without a warrant, do any of the following—
stop and detain a person;
search the person and anything in the person’s possession for anything relevant to the circumstances for which the person is detained.
The police officer may seize all or part of a thing—
that may provide evidence of the commission of an offence; or
that the person intends to use to cause self harm or harm to someone else; or
if section 30 (1) (b) applies, that is an antique firearm.
s 29 amd 2013 No. 45 s 54 ; 2016 No. 62 s 309 ; 2023 No. 26 s 24 ; 2024 No. 24 s 57 sch 1 pt 2
(sec.29-ssec.1) A police officer who reasonably suspects any of the prescribed circumstances for searching a person without a warrant exist may, without a warrant, do any of the following— stop and detain a person; search the person and anything in the person’s possession for anything relevant to the circumstances for which the person is detained.
(sec.29-ssec.2) The police officer may seize all or part of a thing— that may provide evidence of the commission of an offence; or that the person intends to use to cause self harm or harm to someone else; or if section 30 (1) (b) applies, that is an antique firearm.
- (a) stop and detain a person;
- (b) search the person and anything in the person’s possession for anything relevant to the circumstances for which the person is detained.
- (a) that may provide evidence of the commission of an offence; or
- (b) that the person intends to use to cause self harm or harm to someone else; or
- (c) if section 30 (1) (b) applies, that is an antique firearm.