14. Issuance of search warrant
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there is reasonable cause to believe that an offence under this Act is being or has been committed at an installation, facility or place or that any information, document, equipment or other thing which is necessary to the conduct of an investigation into an offence may be found at the installation, facility or place; or
there is reasonable cause to believe that members of a fact-finding mission may find at an installation, facility or place any information, document, equipment or other thing that is relevant to compliance with the Convention;
Convention
“Convention” means the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction that entered into force on the first day of March 1999, and includes any amendments to the Convention ratified, accepted, approved or acceded to and entered into force for Malaysia;
and
entry to the installation, facility or place—
is necessary for any purpose relating to the fact-finding mission; and
has been refused or there are reasonable grounds to believe will be refused, the Magistrate may, by warrant, authorize the person to whom it is directed to enter the installation, facility or place at any reasonable time, with or without assistance, to search for and seize any such document, equipment or thing or to carry out an inspection.