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- (b) the police officer suspects on reasonable grounds that an individual in, on or near the vehicle is a target person of the special authorisation.
(2) In addition, a police officer may, pursuant to a special authorisation, stop, board and search without a warrant, a vehicle in the target area of a special authorisation (and anything in or on the vehicle)—
- (a) with a view to ascertaining whether the vehicle is conveying a dangerous article or an offensive weapon or a subversive document, or part of a dangerous article or an offensive weapon or a subversive document;
- (b) if necessary to substantially assist in—
- (i) preventing the occurrence of a serious incident to which the special authorisation applies; or
- (ii) controlling public disorder or restoring or maintaining public order in Singapore after the occurrence of a serious incident to which the special authorisation applies; or
- (c) if there is reasonable suspicion that the vehicle is used or is about to be used to commit an offence under this Act.
(3) Without limiting subsections (1) and (2), a police officer may, in conducting a search of a vehicle—
- (a) require the individual in charge of the vehicle—
- (i) to open the vehicle or any part of it for inspection by the police officer; or
- (ii) to remove any article, bag, container or other receptacle from the vehicle as specified by the police officer;
- (b) inspect any article paragraph (a)(ii);
- (c) search through any bag, container or other receptacle removed in accordance with paragraph (a)(ii); or
