(1) Where a police officer suspects that a person has concealed a firearm or ammunition on his or her person, he or she may require the person to produce the firearm or ammunition and, unless the person is exempted under section 23, a valid licence granted under this Act.
(2) A person shall not fail to comply with a request made under subsection (1).
(3) A person who contravenes subsection (2) commits an offence and the police may subject to subsection (4), search him or her, seize and retain the firearm or ammunition until such time as legal proceedings against that person are concluded.
(4) Section 37(4) shall apply to this section.
(5) A female shall not be searched under this section except by a police officer who is a woman.