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SEARCH AND SEIZURE:
INTERPRETATION


46. Definitions - In section 47 to 67,

 

"body cavity" means the rectum or vagina;

 

"body cavity search" means the physical probing of a body cavity, in the prescribed manner;

 

"frisk search" means

 
 (a)

a manual search, or a search by technical means, of the clothed body, in the prescribed manner, and

 
 (b)

a search of

   
 (i)

personal possessions, including clothing, that the person may be carrying, and

   
 (ii)

any coat or jacket that the person has been requested to remove,

 
 

in accordance with any applicable regulations made under paragraph 96(l);

 

"non-intrusive search" means

 
 (a)

a search of a non-intrusive nature of the clothed body by technical means, in the prescribed manner, and

 
 (b)

a search of

   
 (i)

personal possessions, including clothing, that the person may be carrying, and

   
 (ii)

any coat or jacket that the person has been requested to remove,

 
 

in accordance with any applicable regulations made under paragraph 96(l);

 

"strip search" means

 
 (a)

a visual inspection of the naked body, in the prescribed manner, and

 
 (b)

a search, in accordance with any applicable regulations made under paragraph 96(l), of all clothing, things in the clothing, and other personal possessions that the person may be carrying;

 

"urinalysis" means a prescribed procedure by which a person provides a urine sample, by the normal excretory process, for analysis.

[1992, c. 20, s. 46; 1995, c. 42, s. 13(F).]

 

Corresponding Regulations: Sections 43-59 Search and Seizure and Section 60-72 Urinalysis Testing

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