Section 110Part 2 — The Financial Reporting AuthorityAmendedNot Yet In Force
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It was enacted by Parliament but awaits a commencement order before it becomes operative law.
Amendment: LG32/S3
Pending changes
Inserted subsection (7A) defining 'minimum amount'.
Where a customs officer or a constable who is lawfully on any premises has reasonable grounds for suspecting that there is on the premises cash —
which is recoverable property or is intended by any person for use in unlawful conduct; and
the amount of which is not less than the minimum amount, that customs officer or constable may search for the cash there.
Where a customs officer or a constable has reasonable grounds for suspecting that a person (the suspect) is carrying cash —
which is recoverable property or is intended by any person for use in unlawful conduct; and
the amount of which is not less than the minimum amount, that customs officer or constable may exercise the following powers conferred by this section.
The officer or constable may, so far as that person thinks it necessary or expedient, require the suspect to permit a search of any article that person has with that person , or to permit a search of that person’s person.
An officer or constable exercising powers by virtue of subsection (3) may detain the suspect for so long as is necessary for their exercise.
The powers conferred by this section are exerci sable only so far as reasonably required for the purpose of finding cash.
Cash means —
notes and coins in any currency;
postal orders;
cheques of any kind, including travellers cheques;
bankers ’ drafts;
bearer bonds and bearer shares, found at any place in the Islands.
For the purposes of this section “ cash ” also includes any kind of monetary instrument which is found at any place in the Islands, but the Cabinet may by an order exclude any monetary instrument from the applic ation of this section. (7A) For the purposes of this section and