45. Every person commits a summary conviction offence who:
a) is in possession of contraband beyond the visitor control point in a penitentiary; b) is in possession of anything referred to in paragraph (b) or (c) of the definition “contraband” in section 2 before the visitor control point at a penitentiary; c)delivers contraband to, or receives contraband from, an inmate; d) without prior authorization, delivers jewellery to, or receives jewellery from, an inmate; or e) trespasses at a penitentiary.
a) an intoxicant, b) a weapon or a component thereof, ammunition for a weapon, and anything that is designed to kill, injure or disable a person or that is altered so as to be capable of killing, injuring or disabling a person, when possessed without prior authorization, c)an explosive or a bomb or a component thereof, d) currency over any applicable prescribed limit, when possessed without prior authorization, and e) any item not described in paragraphs (a) to (d) that could jeopardize the security of a penitentiary or the safety of persons, when that item is possessed without prior authorization.
(1) A staff member may conduct a frisk search of a visitor where the staff member suspects on reasonable grounds that the visitor is carrying contraband or carrying other evidence relating to an offence under section 45.
(2) Where a staff member (a) suspects, on reasonable grounds that a visitor is carrying contraband or carrying other evidence relating to an offence under section 45, and believes that a strip search is necessary to find the contraband or evidence, and (b) satisfies the institutional head that there are reasonable grounds (i) to suspect that the visitor is carrying contraband or carrying other evidence relating to an offence under section 45, and (ii) to believe that a strip search is necessary to find the contraband or evidence, a staff member of the same sex as the visitor may, after giving the visitor the option of voluntarily leaving the penitentiary forthwith, conduct a strip search of the visitor.
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