Change: We are aware that some schools do charge a fee for returning confiscated items. However this is illegal, and you do not have to pay any such fee. Even if an item is confiscated from you, it is still your property and you are entitled to have it back. .   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 169)

Change: The confiscation of your property should not be treated as the punishment. A different type of punishment can be imposed if this is necessary. In   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 362)

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Change: You could talk to the lawyer about taking a case against the police for searching you unfairly or making a police complaint.If the warrant allows   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 753)

Change: If a Police officer has reasonable grounds for believing that you have drugs on you then s/he has the authority to search you or your   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 1128)

Change: No, the only people who have any special powers to search for weapons or drugs are the Police, Customs and others who have been given   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 1196)

Change: What my locker be searched without my consent?Searches and Confiscations at School Do teachers have a right to search my school bag or me?If I do not agree can they earch me by force?If the school wants to search me, whom should they ask?Can my   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 1452)

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Change: If the school has a good reason for searching you. Usually for a search to be considered reasonable, the school would need to have good   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 1575)

Change: searchearch me by force?If the school wants to search me, whom should they ask?What my locker be searched without my consent?Do the teachers or the school have any special powers to search for drugs?What special powers do the Police have in relation to drugs?Can   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 1878)