Banking and Financial Institutions Act 1989 · s 83

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83. (1) Where an investigating officer is satisfied, or has any reason to believe, that any person has committed an offence under this Act, he may, if in his opinion it is reasonably necessary to do so for the purpose of investigating into such offence—
(a) enter any premises and there search for, seize and detain any property, book or other document;
(b) inspect, make copies of, or take extracts from, any book or other document so seized and detained;
(c) take possession of, and remove from the premises, any property, book or other document so seized and detained;
(d) search any person who is in, or on, such premises, and for the purpose of such search detain such person and remove him to such place as may be necessary to facilitate such search, and seize and detain any property, book or other document found on such person;
(e) break open, examine, and search, any article, container or receptacle; or
(f) stop, detain or search any conveyance.
(2) An investigating officer may if it is necessary so to do—
(a) break open any outer or inner door of such premises and enter thereinto;
(b) forcibly enter such premises and every part thereof;
(c) remove by force any obstruction to such entry, search, seizure, detention or removal as he is empowered to effect; or

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(d) detain all or any persons found on any premises, or in any conveyance, searched under subsection (1) until such premises or conveyance have been searched.
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s 83

(1)

Where an investigating officer is satisfied, or has any reason to believe, that any person has committed an offence under this Act, he may, if in his opinion it is reasonably necessary to do so for the purpose of investigating into such offence—

(a)

enter any premises and there search for, seize and detain any property, book or other document;

(b)

inspect, make copies of, or take extracts from, any book or other document so seized and detained;

(c)

take possession of, and remove from the premises, any property, book or other document so seized and detained;

(d)

search any person who is in, or on, such premises, and for the purpose of such search detain such person and remove him to such place as may be necessary to facilitate such search, and seize and detain any property, book or other document found on such person;

(e)

break open, examine, and search, any article, container or receptacle; or

(f)

stop, detain or search any conveyance.

(2)

An investigating officer may if it is necessary so to do—

(a)

break open any outer or inner door of such premises and enter thereinto;

(b)

forcibly enter such premises and every part thereof;

(c)

remove by force any obstruction to such entry, search, seizure, detention or removal as he is empowered to effect; or

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(d)

detain all or any persons found on any premises, or in any conveyance, searched under subsection (1) until such premises or conveyance have been searched.

(3)

,(4),(5)(6)(7)...