19. Power to search

It shall be lawful for an employee of the Service

Provider providing and maintaining an Aviation Security

Service to search any person, including his belongings or any conveyance used by such person within the premises of the Aerodrome or at any other place or location where aeronautical services are being provided, where there is reason to believe that such person has committed or is about to commit a cognizable offence within the meaning of the

Code of Criminal Procedure Act, No. 15 of 1979, or any offence under this Act, the Offences Against Aircraft Act,

No. 24 of 1982 or the Suppression of Unlawful Acts of

Violence at Airports Serving International Civil Aviation

Act, No. 31 of 1996:

Provided however that, where it is necessary to cause a woman to be searched, such search shall be carried out by another woman, with strict regard to decency.