Criminal Procedure Code
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Search of persons in place searched under warrant
17. Whenever a search for anything is or is about to be lawfully
made in any place in respect of any offence all persons found
therein may be lawfully detained until the search is completed,
and they may, if the thing sought is in its nature capable of
being concealed upon the person, be searched for it by or in
the presence of a Magistrate or Justice of the Peace or a police
officer not below the rank of Inspector.
Power to break open any place for purposes of liberation
18. Any police officer or other person authorized to make an
arrest may break open any place in order to liberate himself or
any other person who having lawfully entered for the purpose of
making an arrest is detained therein.
No unnecessary restraint and mode of searching women
19. (1) The person arrested shall not be subjected to more restraint
than is necessary to prevent his escape.
(2) Whenever it is necessary to cause a woman to be searched
the search shall be made by another woman with strict regard to
decency.
Search of persons arrested
20. Whenever a person is arrested—
(a)
by a police officer under a warrant which does not provide
for the taking of bail or under a warrant which provides
for the taking of bail but the person arrested cannot
furnish bail; or
(b)
without warrant or by a private person under a warrant
and the person arrested cannot legally be admitted to
bail or is unable to furnish bail,
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