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Wildlife Protection (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1982
65APower to conduct a frisk search of an arrested person
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##### 65A Power to conduct a frisk search of an arrested person
An inspector who arrests a person for an offence against this Act, or who is present at such an arrest, may, if the inspector suspects on reasonable grounds that it is prudent to do so in order to ascertain whether the person is carrying any eligible seizable items:
(a) conduct a frisk search of the person at or soon after the time of arrest; and
(b) seize any eligible seizable items found as a result of the search.