Section 27 — NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL ACT 2016

(a)

there is a dangerous thing on any premises in the security area; and

(b)

it is necessary as a matter of urgency to make the dangerous thing safe or to prevent it from being used, the member of the Security Forces may—

(A)

enter into and search the premises;

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(B)

seize anything found on the premises in the course of the search that the member of the Security Forces believes on reasonable grounds to be a dangerous thing; and

(C)

search any person who is at or near the premises where the search is being carried out and seize any dangerous thing found on the person whom the search member believes on reasonable grounds to have any dangerous thing in his possession.

(2)

If any member of the Security Forces seizes a dangerous thing—

(a)

the member of the Security Forces may take such action as is reasonable and necessary to make the dangerous thing safe or to prevent it from being used; and

(b)

the member of the Security Forces shall prepare a list of the dangerous things seized and sign the list, and shall as soon as practicable serve a copy of the list of the dangerous things seized to the occupier of the premises which have been searched, or to his agent or servant at the premises.

(3)

If the member of the Security Forces believes on reasonable grounds that the dangerous thing has been used or otherwise involved in the commission of an offence against any written law, the member of the Security Forces shall, as soon as practicable, hand over the dangerous thing to the officer-in-charge of the nearest police station.

(4)

If the member of the Security Forces believes on reasonable grounds that the dangerous thing has not been used or otherwise involved in the commission of an offence against any written law, the member of the Security Forces shall, if it is practicable to do so, return the dangerous thing to the the occupier of the premises which have been searched, or to his agent or servant at the premises.

(5)

If the member of the Security Forces seizes a dangerous thing from a person and believes on reasonable grounds that the person used the thing in the commission of an offence against any written law, the member of the Security Forces may detain the person for the purpose

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of placing him in the custody of a police officer at the earliest practicable time.

Power to search persons for dangerous things