Proposed legal amendments were tabled in Parliament to give police officers enhanced powers of search and arrest. The Criminal Procedure (Miscellaneous Amendment) Bill also proposes a framework for conducting forensic medical examinations.
Police officers may be allowed to search anyone suspected of an arrestable offence without a warrant, or compel a person to undergo forensic tests , among other enhanced powers under a new Bill tabled in Parliament .
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