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SECTION 52: Search of arrested suspect

Part of: Nigeria Police Act, 2020

(1) Where a suspect is arrested by a police officer or a private person, the police officer making the arrest or to whom the private person hands over the suspect may search the suspect if the police officer has reasonable grounds for believing that the…

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