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PUBLIC ORDER (ADDITIONAL TEMPORARY MEASURES)
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Inspection of entrant to special zone

9.—(1) Subject to subsection (2), a police officer or an approved person may ask the entrant to a special zone to do one or more of the following:

(a) allow the police officer or approved person to inspect the entrant’s personal property for any container of alcohol or any prohibited item;
(b) remove one or more garments worn by the entrant as specified by the police officer or approved person and allow the police officer or approved person to inspect the garments for any container of alcohol or any prohibited item;
(c) remove all articles from the entrant’s clothing and allow the police officer or approved person to inspect the articles for any container of alcohol or any prohibited item;
(d) open an article for inspection and allow the police officer or approved person to inspect the article for any container of alcohol or any prohibited item;
(e) open a vehicle or a part of it for inspection and allow the police officer or approved person to inspect the vehicle for any container of alcohol or any prohibited item;
(f) remove an article from the vehicle as specified by the police officer or approved person and allow the police officer or approved person, as the case may be, to inspect the article for any container of alcohol or any prohibited item.

(2) A police officer or an approved person may make a request under subsection (1) only if the police officer or approved person reasonably considers it necessary to make a request under that subsection in relation to an entrant or the entrant’s personal property, whether or not the entrant or the entrant’s personal property have been subjected to screening.

(3) Any person who fails to comply with the request of a police officer or an approved person under subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding