South African Institute for Drug Free Sport Act, 1997
R 385
Firearms Control Act, 2000 (Act No. 60 of 2000)Chapter 14 : Search and seizure111. Search and seizure in course of policing operations in terms of South African Police Service Act, 1995 |
| (1) | Despite anything to the contrary in this Chapter, any police official or person authorised as such by the National Commissioner or any provincial commissioner of the South African Police Service, may, in the course of official policing operations contemplated in section 13(6), (7) or (8) of the South African Police Service Act, 1995 (Act No. 68 of 1995), search any person, premises, container, vehicle, vessel or aircraft and seize any firearm, muzzle loading firearm, imitation firearm, airgun, device or ammunition— |
| (a) | which is reasonably suspected to be held in contravention of this Act; or |
| (b) | for the purposes of determining whether or not the provisions of this Act have been complied with in respect of such article. |
[Section 111(1) amended by section 34 of Act No. 28 of 2006]
| (2) | Section 13 of the South African Police Service Act, 1995 (Act No. 68 of 1995), applies with the necessary changes to any search or seizure contemplated in subsection (1). |
