Section 11
Search of place entered by person sought to be arrested
of Syariah Criminal Procedure (Federal Territories) Act 1997
(2)
If ingress to such place cannot be obtained under subsection (1), it shall be lawful, in any case for a person acting under a warrant and in any case in which a warrant may be issued but cannot be obtained
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without affording the person to be arrested an opportunity to escape, for such Religious Enforcement Officer or police officer to enter such place and search therein, and, in order to effect an entrance into such place, to break open any outer or inner door or window of any place whether that of the person to be arrested or of any other person if, after notification of his authority and purpose and demand of admittance duly made, he cannot otherwise obtain admittance.