sec.33Searching public places without warrant

### sec.33 Searching public places without warrant It is lawful for a police officer to exercise the following powers in a public place without a search warrant— power to enter the public place and to stay on it for the time reasonably necessary to exercise powers mentioned in paragraphs (b) to (f) ; power to search the public place for anything that may be evidence of the commission of an offence; power to seize a thing found at the public place, or on a person found at the public place, that a police officer reasonably suspects may be evidence of the commission of an offence; power to photograph anything the police officer reasonably suspects may provide evidence of the commission of an offence; power to dig up land; power to open anything that is locked. However, if this section applies to a place because it is a public place while it is ordinarily open to the public, the police officer may search the place only— with the consent of the occupier of the place; or under a search warrant; or under chapter 7 , part 2 . If the occupier consents, the police officer may exercise search warrant powers at the place. (sec.33-ssec.1) It is lawful for a police officer to exercise the following powers in a public place without a search warrant— power to enter the public place and to stay on it for the time reasonably necessary to exercise powers mentioned in paragraphs (b) to (f) ; power to search the public place for anything that may be evidence of the commission of an offence; power to seize a thing found at the public place, or on a person found at the public place, that a police officer reasonably suspects may be evidence of the commission of an offence; power to photograph anything the police officer reasonably suspects may provide evidence of the commission of an offence; power to dig up land; power to open anything that is locked. (sec.33-ssec.2) However, if this section applies to a place because it is a public place while it is ordinarily open to the public, the police officer may search the place only— with the consent of the occupier of the place; or under a search warrant; or under chapter 7 , part 2 . (sec.33-ssec.3) If the occupier consents, the police officer may exercise search warrant powers at the place. - (a) power to enter the public place and to stay on it for the time reasonably necessary to exercise powers mentioned in paragraphs (b) to (f) ; - (b) power to search the public place for anything that may be evidence of the commission of an offence; - (c) power to seize a thing found at the public place, or on a person found at the public place, that a police officer reasonably suspects may be evidence of the commission of an offence; - (d) power to photograph anything the police officer reasonably suspects may provide evidence of the commission of an offence; - (e) power to dig up land; - (f) power to open anything that is locked. - (a) with the consent of the occupier of the place; or - (b) under a search warrant; or - (c) under chapter 7 , part 2 .