Section 57A: Lawful acts of police officer
This section is inserted by Act No 17 of 2022, section 17.
consolidated text (as at 2013, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
57A. Lawful acts of police officer
(1) Subject to subsection (2), nothing in this Act shall
render unlawful the act of a police officer who, in the discharge
of his functions for the detection of an offence under this Act,
transports, dispatches, possesses, purchases or offers to purchase
any dangerous drug.
(2) A police officer referred to under subsection (1) shall
not transport, dispatch, possess, purchase or offer to purchase any
dangerous drug unless he is authorised in writing by, and acts
under the supervision of, an officer not below the rank of
Superintendent of Police.
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Questions this section answers
- Can a police officer legally handle or buy drugs during an investigation?
- Is an undercover police purchase of drugs lawful?