Section 54

any Court has reason to believe that a person to whom a summons under section 51 or a requisition under subsection 52(1) has been or might have been addressed will not or would not produce the property or document as required by the requisition;

that property or document is not known to the Court to be in the possession of any person; or

Criminal Procedure Code 55

the Court considers that the purposes of justice or of any inquiry, trial or other proceeding under this Code will be served by a general search or inspection, the Court may issue a search warrant and the person to whom that warrant is directed may search and inspect in accordance with the warrant and the provisions herein contained.

Nothing herein contained shall authorize any Court other than the High Court to grant a warrant to search for a postal article, telegram or other document in the custody of the postal or telegraph authorities.

A search warrant shall ordinarily be directed to the Chief Police

Officer of the State in which it is issued and to some other officers to be designated by name therein, and all or any of those police officers may execute the warrant.

The Court issuing a search warrant may direct it to any person or persons by name, not being police officers, and all or any one or more of those persons may execute the warrant.

Power to restrict search warrant