{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:criminal-procedure:2015:article:47","workId":"law:eri:code:criminal-procedure:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:criminal-procedure:2015:en","title":"Searches by Person of the Same Sex","number":"47","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/criminal-procedure-code-2015/article/47/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK I — THE COURTS, PROSECUTION, DEFENSE AND INVESTIGATION","title":"TITLE IV — INVESTIGATION","chapter":"Chapter 2. — Searches and Seizures"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"lead","number":"","text":"All searches of persons shall be conducted by persons of the same sex, unless there is an emergency involving the safety of persons or the imminent destruction of evidence and a person of the same sex is not available to make the search. In such an emergency situation the search shall be limited to what is necessary to prevent the danger to others or the destruction of evidence.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/criminal-procedure-code-2015/article/47/#lead","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"criminal-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":52,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/criminal-procedure-code-2015/page/52/?article=47&paragraph=lead#article-47-lead"}]}],"caution":"English-language 2015 Ministry of Justice edition. Refworld catalogues the English text as an unofficial translation. Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation or whether this text reflects later legal changes."}