# Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, Section 59: Extension of powers to search persons’ mouths.


(1) In section 65 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (definitions for purposes of Part V: treatment of persons by police), after the definition of “intimate sample” there shall be inserted the following definition—
““intimate search” means a search which consists of the physical examination of a person’s body orifices other than the mouth;”.
(2) In section 32 of that Act (powers of search upon arrest), in subsection (4), at the end, there shall be inserted “ but they do authorise a search of a person’s mouth ”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/33/section/59 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-public-order-act-1994/section-59
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