PROTECTION OF PERSON OR PROPERTY FROM ARBITRARY SEARCH OR ENTRY
10.- 1. Except with his own consent, no person shall be subjected to
the search of his person or his property or the entry by others on his
premises.
2. Nothing contained in or done under the authority of any law shall be held to
be inconsistent with or in contravention of this section to the extent that the
law in question makes provision-
a. that is reasonably required in the interests of defence, public safety,
public order, public morality, public health, public revenue, town and country
planning or the development and utilization of property in such a manner as to
promote the public benefit;
b. that authorizes an office or agent of the Government, a local government
authority or a body corporate established by law for public purposes to enter
on the premises of any person in order to inspect those premises or anything
thereon for the purpose of any tax, rate or due in order to carry out work
connected with any property that is lawfully on those premises and that belongs
to the Government, or to that authority or body corporate, as the case may
be;
c. that is reasonably required for the purpose of preventing or detecting
crime;
d. that is reasonably required for the purpose of protecting the rights or
freedoms of other persons; or
e. that authorizes, for the purpose of enforcing the judgment or order of a
court in any proceedings, the search of any person or property by order of a
court or entry upon any premises by such order,
and except so far as that provision or, as the case may be, anything done under
the authority thereof is shown not to be reasonably justifiable in a democratic
society.
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