Article 4 Record of search by service policeman
Where a service policeman has carried out a search in the exercise of the power conferred by section 75 of the Act, he shall make a record of it in writing unless it is not practicable to do so.
If—
a service policeman is required by paragraph (1) to make a record of a search, but
it is not practicable to make the record on the spot,
he shall make it as soon as is practicable after the completion of the search.
The record of a search of a person shall include a note of his name, if the service policeman knows it.
If a service policeman does not know the name of a person whom he has searched, the record of the search shall include a note otherwise describing that person.
The record of the search of a vehicle shall include a note describing the vehicle.
The record of a search of a person or a vehicle—
shall state—
the object of the search;
the grounds for making it;
the date and time when it was made;
the place where it was made;
whether anything, and if so what, was found;
whether any, and if so what, injury to a person or damage to property appears to the service policeman to have resulted from the search; and
shall identify the service policeman making it.
If a service policeman who conducted a search of a person made a record of it, the person who was searched shall be entitled to a copy of the record if he asks for one before the end of the period specified in paragraph (9).
If—
the owner of a vehicle which has been searched or the person who was in charge of the vehicle at the time when it was searched asks for a copy of the record of the search before the end of the period specified in paragraph (9), and
the service policeman who conducted the search made a record of it,
the person who made the request shall be entitled to a copy.
The period mentioned in paragraphs (7) and (8) is the period of 12 months beginning with the date on which the search was made.