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Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000
sec.625Taking a person to another place for search
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### sec.625 Taking a person to another place for search
If it is impracticable to search for a thing that may be concealed on a person where the person is, the police officer may take the person to a place with adequate facilities for conducting the search.
To search a person out of public view and cause minimal embarrassment to the person, a person in a casino may be taken to another room in the casino.
Before taking a person to another place for a search because it is impracticable to search for a thing that may be concealed on the person where the person is, the police officer must consider the following—
whether the thing sought may be concealed on the person;
whether, for an effective search, the search should be conducted somewhere else;
the need to protect the dignity of the person.
s 625 (prev s 319) renum 2000 No. 22 s 22
(sec.625-ssec.1) If it is impracticable to search for a thing that may be concealed on a person where the person is, the police officer may take the person to a place with adequate facilities for conducting the search. To search a person out of public view and cause minimal embarrassment to the person, a person in a casino may be taken to another room in the casino.
(sec.625-ssec.2) Before taking a person to another place for a search because it is impracticable to search for a thing that may be concealed on the person where the person is, the police officer must consider the following— whether the thing sought may be concealed on the person; whether, for an effective search, the search should be conducted somewhere else; the need to protect the dignity of the person.
- (a) whether the thing sought may be concealed on the person;
- (b) whether, for an effective search, the search should be conducted somewhere else;
- (c) the need to protect the dignity of the person.