# The Prison Rules 1999, Article 41: Search


(1) Every prisoner shall be searched when taken into custody by an officer, on his reception into a prison and subsequently as the governor thinks necessary or as the Secretary of State may direct.
(2) A prisoner shall be searched in as seemly a manner as is consistent with discovering anything concealed.
(3) No prisoner shall be stripped and searched in the sight of another prisoner, or in the sight of a person of the opposite sex.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/728/article/41 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/prison-rules-1999/article-41
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