Section 15 Power to search for munitions and radio transmitters.

whether there are any munitions unlawfully at that place; or

whether there is a transmitter at that place;

stop any person in any public place and, with a view to exercising the said powers, search him for the purpose of ascertaining whether he has any munitions unlawfully with him or any transmitter with him; and

with a view to exercising the said powers, search any person not in a public place F2who he has reasonable grounds to suspect has any munitions unlawfully with him or any transmitter with him.

he may seize any munitions found in the course of the search (unless it appears to him that the munitions are being, have been and will be used only lawfully) and may retain and, if necessary, distroy them; and

he may seize any transmitter found in the course of the search (unless it appears to him that the transmitter has been, is being and is likely to be used only lawfully) and may retain it.

explosives, explosive substances, firearms and ammunition; and

anything used or capable of being used in the manufacture of any explosive, explosive substance, firearm or ammunition;

• F5“scanning receiver”means—

any apparatus for wireless telegraphy designed or adapted for the purpose of automatically monitoring selected frequencies, or automatically scanning a selected range of frequencies, so as to enable transmissions on any of those frequencies to be detected or intercepted; or

part of any such apparatus;

• “transmitter” means any apparatus for wireless telegraphy designed or adapted for emission, as opposed to reception, F6or part of any such apparatus;

• “wireless telegraphy” has the same meaning as in section 19(1) of the M1Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949.