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Corrections Act 2004

Corrections system - Coercive powers - Searching of prisoners and other persons

93: Restrictions on internal examinations

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The law does not allow officers to do internal examinations of your body, except in certain situations. These situations are described in sections 89, 90, and 92B of the Corrections Act. You can find more information about these situations by looking at those sections, which are linked to sections 89, 90, and 92B.

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93Restrictions on internal examinations

  1. Nothing in this Act authorises or permits the internal examination of any body orifice of any person by any officer, except as provided by sections 89, 90, and 92B.

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  • 1954 No 51 s 21F
Notes
  • Section 93: amended, on , by section 21 of the Corrections Amendment Act 2019 (2019 No 57).