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140 Extension of constable’s power to stop and search.E+W
(1)In section 1 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (powers of constable to stop and search)—
(a)the words “or any article to which subsection (8A) below applies” shall be inserted—
(i)in subsection (2)(a), after the word “articles"; and
(ii)at the end of subsection (3);
(b)in subsection (6), after the word “article", in the second place where it occurs, there shall be inserted the words “or an article to which subsection (8A) below applies"; and
(c)the following subsection shall be inserted after subsection (8)—
“(8A)This subsection applies to any article in relation to which a person has committed, or is committing or is going to commit an offence under section 139 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988.”.
(2)In section 5(2)(a)(ii) of that Act (annual reports to contain total numbers of searches for offensive weapons) after the word “weapons" there shall be inserted the words “or articles to which section 1(8A) above applies".
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