(1) Where an officer has reasonable grounds to believe that any person has in his or her possession anything which is liable to forfeiture, he or she may stop and search that person and any article which that person has with him or her.
(2) A female shall not be searched under subsection (1) except by a female.
(3) A person to be searched under subsection (1) may require to be taken before a magistrate or a senior of the officer or other person concerned who shall consider the grounds for suspicion and direct whether or not the search is to take place.