Part V Questioning and Treatment of Persons by Police

53 Abolition of certain powers of constables to search persons.

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Subject to subsection (2) below, there shall cease to have effect any Act (including a local Act) passed before this Act in so far as it authorises—

a

any search by a constable of a person in police detention at a police station; or

b

an intimate search of a person by a constable;

and any rule of common law which authorises a search such as is mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) above is abolished.

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