Section 11, The Criminal Procedure Act, 2024

(1) A Police Officer not below the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police, or a Police Officer in charge of a Police Station or Police Post shall, where he has reasonable grounds to believe that the only practicable means of removing - (a) an article or substance, which could cause physical injury to a detained person or others at the police station; or (b) an illegal or harmful substance which has been concealed, order the search of body orifices and cavities. (2) A search under subsection (1), shall be made with strict decency and may only be made by an officer of the same sex as the person searched and may not be made in the presence of anyone of the opposite sex unless the person being searched specifically consents to it. (3) A written record shall be kept of a search under subsection (1), stating - (a) the persons present during the search; and (b) the reasons for the search. (4) A record under subsection (3), shall be admissible as evidence in Court on request of the prosecution or defence.