Article 4 Searches of detained persons
A service policeman shall ascertain everything which a person has with him when he is—
brought to a service police establishment under arrest or after being committed to custody on the order of a judge advocate; or
arrested at a service police establishment.
The service policeman may record or cause to be recorded in writing all or any of the things which he ascertains under paragraph (1).
In the case of an arrested person, any such record may be made as part of his custody record.
Subject to paragraph (5), a service policeman may seize and retain any such thing or cause any such thing to be seized and retained.
Clothes and personal effects may only be seized if a service policeman believes that the person from whom they are seized may use them—
to cause physical injury to himself or any other person,
to damage property,
to interfere with evidence, or
to assist him to escape,
or he has reasonable grounds for believing that they may be evidence related to an offence.
Where anything is seized, the person from whom it is seized shall be told the reason for the seizure unless he is—
violent or likely to become violent; or
incapable of understanding what is said to him.
Subject to paragraph (10), a person may be searched if the service policeman considers it necessary to enable him to carry out his duty under paragraph (1) and to the extent that the service policeman considers necessary for that purpose.
A person who is in custody at a service police establishment may at any time be searched in order to ascertain whether he has with him anything which he could use for any of the purposes specified in paragraph (5)(a).
Subject to paragraph (10), a service policeman may seize and retain, or cause to be seized and retained, anything found on such a search.
A service policeman may only seize clothes and personal effects in the circumstances specified in paragraph (5).
An intimate search may not be conducted under this article.
Subject to paragraph (13), a search under this article shall be carried out by a service policeman.
The service policeman carrying out a search shall be of the same sex as the person searched but where a service policeman of the same sex is not readily available a search may be carried out by an officer, warrant officer, non-commissioned officer or leading rate who is of the same sex as the person searched and is acting under the direction of a service policeman.