Ancillary powers of investigation of suspected offence
Version Date:
30/06/1997
An authorized officer may-
(a) use such force as is reasonably necessary to enter any place or premises which he is empowered by section 10 or 11 to enter and search;
(b) use such force as is reasonably necessary to remove a person or thing obstructing him in the exercise of a power conferred or the performance of a duty imposed on him by section 10 or 11;
(c) detain a person found in any place or premises which he is empowered by section 10 or 11 to search until the premises or place has been searched;
(d) search the person and property and effects of a person whom he reasonably suspects of being guilty of an offence under this Ordinance, but no person shall be searched except by a person of the same sex or be searched in a public place if he objects to being so searched; and
(e) if there are reasonable grounds for believing that it is necessary for the purpose of carrying out his duties or for the effective enforcement of this Ordinance, require a person found in any place or premises which he is empowered to enter by section 10 or 11 to give details of his identity, name and address and produce evidence of his identity. (Added 26 of 1993 s. 4)