66. (1) Frisk search, room search - An employee of a community-based residential facility who is so authorized by the Service may

conduct a frisk search of an offender in that facility, and

search an offender's room and its contents,

where the employee suspects on reasonable grounds that the offender is violating or has violated a condition of the offender's parole, statutory release or temporary absence and that such a search is necessary to confirm the suspected violation.

       (2) Power to seize - An employee who conducts a search pursuant to subsection (1) may seize any evidence of a violation of the offender's conditions of release found in the course of the search.

       (3) Definition of "community-based residential facility" - In this section, "community-based residential facility" means a place that provides accommodation to offenders who are on parole, statutory release or temporary absence.

[1992, c. 20, s. 66; 1995, c. 42, s. 71(F).]

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