Beryl LiveISO ... Is there one out there ?

[Michael Cohen]

On Wed, Apr 11, 2007 at 11:02:13PM +1000, daniel sobey wrote:
> On a side note you have a legal right to your privacy
> which includes your bags. From what i understand a
> shop can politely request that you allow your bag to
> be searched but they cannot carry out the search
> themselves. Even if you did have stolen property in
> your bag they cannot do anything while you are in the
> store because you have not yet committed a crime. what
> they can do is call the police and request that the
> police search your bag for stolen property.

That is not strictly correct, as this url explains:

http://www.afp.gov.au/act/victims/citizens_powers_of_arrest

Depending on how firmly the store keeper believes that you are in possession of
stolen property an arrest can be made. Im not sure if the store keeper can then
search the bag themselves or detain you until the police arrive.

Michael.