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Message: <blockquote data-quote="hancok" data-source="post: 26227824" data-attributes="member: 119642"><h4>8. A male Police officer CAN stop and search a woman, within certain limitations!</h4>Misconception:  (For women) If you are asked to be body-checked, it’s your right to get it done by a Female Police Officer. If they don’t have one in present, you can refuse to comply.The lady drivers out there do have a misconception that a male police officer cannot request for their NIC, Name, address or even stop them. But ladies – they have the right to request you for the information and seize any document. As mentioned earlier, the law does not draw any such distinction.A female Police officer is not a necessity when obtaining information from any woman. But, when taking a woman into custody or inspecting a woman it should be performed only by a woman. She should not necessarily be a female police officer. It has been explained in Section 30 of the Criminal Procedure Code as follows. “Whenever it is necessary to cause a woman to be searched, the search shall be made by another woman with strict regard to decency”<h4>9. A speed detection device is NOT necessary to fine or prosecute you!</h4>Misconception:  If a Police Officer is about to levy a fine or prosecute you for speeding, you have a right to request to have a look at the speed indicated in the speed detection devices. Speed detection devices in most of the Police Stations are out of order and the speeding drivers are caught by hazarding a guess under the pretext of using the device.A Police Officer has the authority to take a driver into custody if he is speeding recklessly. At such instances having a speed detection device is not compulsory to take such measures.Having Said That;It is important to remember that the Law of Sri Lanka gives Police officers the right to stop, search and even detain you. It is our responsibility conversely, as law-abiding citizens of this country, to assist public officers in the discharge of their duty. It won’t do to hide under misconceptions if an offense has been committed by you.<h3>Our advice to you is to be responsible.</h3>The above information has been obtained from the official Sri Lanka Police website (<a href="https://www.police.lk/index.php/special-events-/685-find-out-the-truth" target="_blank">police.lk</a>).</blockquote>

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