s 26 Powers of arrest and search
26. An authorised officer may arrest without warrant any person whom he or she has reason to believe to be committing or to have committed an offence under this Act or any regulations made under this Act, and may search any person so arrested (except that a woman must be searched only by another woman and with strict regard to decency) and may seize any article which he or she considers necessary to seize as evidence of the commission of the offence.
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