S.L. 499.35 Art. 49Search of persons refusing consent to be searched.

A member of the police may, without a warrant, search a person and that person’s baggage, and may detain that person for the purposes of that search, and may take possession of any item which may not be lawfully taken on-board a vessel or into a port security area found in the course of that search, if -

(a) a company or master refuses to carry a person who has refused to consent to the searching of his or her person or baggage; and

(b) the member of the police has reasonable grounds to suspect that an offence against these regulations has been, is being, or is likely to be, committed, whether by that person or by any other person.