237Restrictions on personal searches

237 Restrictions on personal searches

(1) A *search warrant cannot authorise a *strip search or a search of a person’s body cavities. (2) If a *search warrant authorises an *ordinary search or a *frisk search of a person: (a) a different search from the one authorised must not be done under the warrant; and (b) the search must, if practicable, be conducted by a person of the same sex as the person being searched. (3) A person who is not an *authorised officer but who has been authorised by the relevant *executing officer to assist in executing a *search warrant must not take part in searching a person.