Section 9: Search of arrested suspect

(1) Where a suspect is arrested by a police officer or a private person, the officer making the arrest or to whom the private person hands over the suspect:
(a) may search the suspect, using such force as may be reasonably necessary for the purpose; and
(b) shall place in safe custody all articles other than necessary wearing apparel found on the suspect.
(2) Where an arrested suspect is admitted to bail and bail is furnished, he shall not, subject to the provisions of section 11 of this Act, be searched unless there are reasonable grounds for believing that he has on his person any:
(a) stolen article;
(b) instrument of violence or poisonous substance;
(c) tools connected with the kind of offence which he is alleged to have committed; or
(d) other articles which may furnish evidence against him in regard to the offence, which he is alleged to have committed.
(3) Where it is necessary to search a suspect, the search shall be made decently and by a person of the same sex unless the urgency of the situation or the interest of due administration of justice makes it impracticable for the search to be carried out by a person of the same sex.
(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, a police officer or any other person making an arrest may in any case take from the suspect any instruments of violence or poisonous substance which he has on his person.