Is a search warrant required before a search can be conducted?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from United States of America v. Barbarash, 2002 BCSC 1721 (CanLII):
Prior judicial authorization before police are permitted to conduct a search is fundamental to the protection of everyone’s privacy interests: See Hunter v. Southam Inc. (1984), 1984 CanLII 33 (SCC), 14 C.C.C. (3d) 97 at 109.
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