76 Stop and search by persons other than service policemen

76  Stop and search by persons other than service policemen

(1)     An officer may order or authorise a person subject to service law (other than a service policeman)—

(a)     to search, in a place permitted by section 78—

(i)     a person within subsection (2),

(ii)     a vehicle in the charge of such a person, or

(iii)     anything which is in or on such a vehicle,

for stolen or prohibited articles, controlled drugs[, psychoactive substances] or Her Majesty's stores;

(b)     to detain such a person or vehicle for the purposes of such a search; and

(c)     to seize any article

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