sec.644Watch-house officer may ask entrant to remove outer garment etc.

### sec.644 Watch-house officer may ask entrant to remove outer garment etc. This section applies if— a watch-house officer reasonably considers it necessary to make a request under subsection (2) in relation to an entrant or the entrant’s belongings, whether or not the entrant or belongings have been subjected to electronic screening; and the watch-house officer tells the entrant the reasons for making the request. The watch-house officer may ask the person to do 1 or more of the following— allow the watch-house officer to inspect the entrant’s belongings; remove 1 or more outer garments worn by the entrant as stated by the watch-house officer and allow the watch-house officer to inspect the garments; remove all articles from the entrant’s clothing and allow the watch-house officer to inspect them; open an article for inspection and allow the watch-house officer to inspect it; allow the watch-house officer, or another adult assisting the officer, to touch the garments the entrant is wearing for the purpose of the officer inspecting the entrant’s belongings; open a vehicle or a part of it for inspection and allow the watch-house officer to inspect it; remove an article from the vehicle as specified by the watch-house officer and allow the watch-house officer to inspect it. In this section— inspect , an article, includes handle the article, open it and examine its contents. s 644 ins 2006 No. 26 s 61 amd 2024 No. 24 s 45 (sec.644-ssec.1) This section applies if— a watch-house officer reasonably considers it necessary to make a request under subsection (2) in relation to an entrant or the entrant’s belongings, whether or not the entrant or belongings have been subjected to electronic screening; and the watch-house officer tells the entrant the reasons for making the request. (sec.644-ssec.2) The watch-house officer may ask the person to do 1 or more of the following— allow the watch-house officer to inspect the entrant’s belongings; remove 1 or more outer garments worn by the entrant as stated by the watch-house officer and allow the watch-house officer to inspect the garments; remove all articles from the entrant’s clothing and allow the watch-house officer to inspect them; open an article for inspection and allow the watch-house officer to inspect it; allow the watch-house officer, or another adult assisting the officer, to touch the garments the entrant is wearing for the purpose of the officer inspecting the entrant’s belongings; open a vehicle or a part of it for inspection and allow the watch-house officer to inspect it; remove an article from the vehicle as specified by the watch-house officer and allow the watch-house officer to inspect it. (sec.644-ssec.3) In this section— inspect , an article, includes handle the article, open it and examine its contents. - (a) a watch-house officer reasonably considers it necessary to make a request under subsection (2) in relation to an entrant or the entrant’s belongings, whether or not the entrant or belongings have been subjected to electronic screening; and - (b) the watch-house officer tells the entrant the reasons for making the request. - (a) allow the watch-house officer to inspect the entrant’s belongings; - (b) remove 1 or more outer garments worn by the entrant as stated by the watch-house officer and allow the watch-house officer to inspect the garments; - (c) remove all articles from the entrant’s clothing and allow the watch-house officer to inspect them; - (d) open an article for inspection and allow the watch-house officer to inspect it; - (e) allow the watch-house officer, or another adult assisting the officer, to touch the garments the entrant is wearing for the purpose of the officer inspecting the entrant’s belongings; - (f) open a vehicle or a part of it for inspection and allow the watch-house officer to inspect it; - (g) remove an article from the vehicle as specified by the watch-house officer and allow the watch-house officer to inspect it.