Section 57 Nigeria Police Act

Section 57 of the Nigeria Police Act 2020 is about Search record. It is under Part VII (Powers of Police Officers) of the Act. It provides as follows:

(1) A search record shall be prepared in the prescribed Form to be known as a National Search Record Form.

(2) The following information must always be included in the National Search Record Form-
(a) the name of the person searched or if, he withholds it, description of the person ;
(b) the date of birth of the person searched ;

(c) a note of the person’s ethnic origin ;
(d) when a vehicle is searched, a description of the vehicle, including the registration number ;
(e) the object of the search ;

(f) the ground for making the search ;
(g) the date and time the search was made ;
(h) the place where the search was made ;
(i) the result of the search ;
(j) a note of any injury or damage to property resulting from the search; and
(k) the identity of the officer making the search.