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Part XIII · Enforcement and Investigation

91. Power of Magistrate to issue a search warrant

If the Magistrate is satisfied that there is a commission of an offence under any provision of this Act or any regulations made under this Act, he may issue a search warrant authorizing the authorized officer, at any reasonable time by day or by night and with or without assistance—

(a)

to enter any premises, if need be by force, that has been used or are about to be used for the commission of an offence under this Act or any regulations made under this Act;

(b)

to search for and seize, and to remove any book, minute book, register, document, financial statement, material or other article in the physical form or in the electronic medium—

(i)

in respect of which an offence has been committed;

(ii)

in respect of which an offence is suspected to have been committed; or

(iii)

that is reasonably believed to furnish evidence of the commission of the offence; or

(c)

to detain every person found in the premises until it has been searched.

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