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Rh (2) A person shall not take a prohibited item into, or possess a prohibited item in, a special event area, unless the person has the express permission of a police officer to do so.

(3) Any person who fails to comply with subsection (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.

(4) It shall not be an offence under this section if the person disposes of the prohibited item before entering the special event area.

Security screening at special event area

27.—(1) This section shall apply if the security system for a special event area involves the use of screening devices, such as (but not limited to) the following:
 * (a) a walk-through detector;
 * (b) an X-ray machine;
 * (c) a hand-held scanner.

(2) A police officer or an approved person may ask an entrant to a special event area to undergo any form of security screening, including doing one or more of the following:
 * (a) to walk through a walk-through detector;
 * (b) to pass the entrant's personal property through an X-ray machine;
 * (c) to allow the police officer or approved person to pass a handheld scanner in close proximity to the entrant;
 * (d) to allow the police officer or approved person to pass a handheld scanner in close proximity to the entrant’s personal property.

(3) Any person who fails to comply with the request of a police officer or an approved person under subsection (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.