Summary Offences Act 1966
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22 Entry of police 40
Assaults 40
23 Common assault 40
24 Aggravated assault 40
25 Conviction or dismissal a bar to criminal proceedings 41
Property Suspected to be Stolen, &c. 42
26 Unexplained possession of personal property reasonably suspected to be stolen 42
27 Search warrant for skins of cattle, goods from wreck etc. 43
28 Recovery of possession of stolen cattle 44
29 Recovery of price paid for stolen cattle 46
30 Possession of skin or carcass of stolen cattle 48
31 Possession of property from wrecks 51
32 Offering property from wrecks for sale 51
33 Examination of persons through whose hands property has passed 52
34 Retaining or disposing of property as workmen etc. 55
Passing Valueless Cheques 56
37 Obtaining goods etc. by valueless cheque 56
Division 3—Illegal taking or using of vehicles 57
38 Taking or using vehicle without consent of owner etc. 57
Division 3A—Commercial sexual services 57
38A Definitions 57
38B Commercial sexual services at or near certain places 59
38C Offence to allow child on premises used for commercial sexual services 61
38D Power to require person to state age 62
Division 4—Advertising of commercial sexual services 63
38E Definition 63
38F Advertising controls for commercial sexual services 63
39 Advertising regulations 63
Division 4A—Observation of genital or anal region 66
40 Definitions 66
41 Location immaterial 68
41A Observation of genital or anal region 68
41D Exceptions to offence against section 41A 68
41E Search warrant 69
41F Seizure of things not mentioned in the warrant 71
41G Announcement before entry 71
Division 4B—Food or drink spiking 72
41H Food or drink spiking 72
Division 4C—Public display or performance of Nazi symbols or gestures 73
41I Statement for this Division 73
41J Definitions 74
41K Public display or performance of Nazi symbols or gestures 76
41L Direction to remove Nazi symbol or Nazi gesture from public display 79
41M Issue of search warrant by magistrate 80
Division 4D—Public display of symbol of terrorist organisation 81