Commentary First Group of Parts – Discipline Part 3 – Powers of Arrest, Search and Entry Section 75: Power of service policeman to stop and search persons, vehicles etc
171.This section gives a service policeman the power to stop certain persons and vehicles in a place permitted by section 78 to search for specified things such as stolen goods or controlled drugs. The policeman may detain a person for this purpose and seize any of the specified things if he finds them. A list of definitions of words used is presented at section 77.