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CRIMES ACT 1914 SECT 3ZS
3ZS Announcement before entry
- (1)
- A constable must, before any person enters premises
under a warrant or to arrest a person:
- (a)
- announce that he or she is authorised to enter the
premises; and
- (b)
- give any person at the premises an opportunity to
allow entry to the premises.
- (2)
- A constable is not required to comply with subsection (1)
if he or she believes on reasonable grounds that immediate
entry to the premises is required to ensure:
- (a)
- the safety of a person (including a constable); or
- (b)
- that the effective execution of the warrant or the
arrest is not frustrated.
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