Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00034:section:237
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00034
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 237
Character Range: 388783–389400

237  Restrictions on personal searches
 (1) A *search warrant cannot authorise a *strip search or a search of a person's body cavities.
 (2) If a *search warrant authorises an *ordinary search or a *frisk search of a person:
 (a) a different search from the one authorised must not be done under the warrant; and
 (b) the search must, if practicable, be conducted by a person of the same sex as the person being searched.
 (3) A person who is not an *authorised officer but who has been authorised by the relevant *executing officer to assist in executing a *search warrant must not take part in searching a person.