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If it appears to a mines officer that there is reasonable cause to suspect that in any building or place or on any land there is concealed or deposited any mineral, box, trunk, receptacle, package, conveyance or thing in respect of which an offence under this Act is being or has been committed, and if he has reasonable grounds for believing that by reason of delay in obtaining a search warrant under section 28 such mineral, box, trunk, receptacle, package, conveyance or thing is likely to be removed or destroyed, he may exercise in, upon, and in respect of the building, place or land all the powers mentioned in section 28 in as full and ample a manner as if he was authorized to do so by warrant under that section.