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 * (iv) to assist him to escape; or
 * (b) if he has reasonable grounds for believing that it may

be evidence relating to an offence.

(13) Where anything is seized under this section, the person from whom it is seized shall be told the reason for the seizure unless he is-
 * (a) violent or likely to become violent; or
 * (b) incapable of understanding what is said to him.

(14) Every annual report-
 * (a) under section 12 of the Police Act 1964; or
 * (b) made by the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis,

shall contain information about searches under this section which have been carried out in the area to which the report relates during the period to which it relates.

(15) The information about such searches shall include-
 * (a) the total number of searches;
 * (b) the number of searches conducted by way of examination by a suitably qualified person;
 * (c) the number of searches not so conducted but conducted in the presence of such a person; and
 * (d) the result of the searches carried out.

(16) The information shall also include, as separate items-
 * (a) the total number of drug offence searches; and
 * (b) the result of those searches.

(17) In this section-
 * “the appropriate criminal intent” means an intent to

commit an offence under-
 * (a) section 5(3) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (possession of controlled drug with intent to supply to another); or
 * (b) section 68(2) of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (exportation etc. with intent to evade a prohibition or restriction);
 * “Class A drug” has the meaning assigned to it by section 2(1)(b) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971;
 * “drug offence search” means an intimate search for a Class A drug which an officer has authorised by virtue of subsection (1)(b) above; and
 * “suitably qualified person” means
 * (a) a registered medical practitioner; or
 * (b) a registered nurse.