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Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing (Financial Institutions)
Ordinance

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(b) search for, seize and remove any record or document that the person specified in the warrant or the police officer has reasonable cause to believe may be required to be produced under this Part.

(2) If an authorized person has reasonable cause to believe that a person found on the premises is employed in connection with a business that is or has been carried on on the premises, the authorized person may require that person to produce for examination any record or document that—

(a) is in the possession of that person; and

(b) the authorized person has reasonable cause to believe may be required to be produced under this Part.

(3) An authorized person may, in relation to any record or document required to be produced under subsection (2)—

(a) prohibit any person found on the premises from—

(i) removing the record or document from the premises;

(ii) erasing anything from, adding anything to or otherwise altering anything in, the record or document; or

(iii) otherwise interfering in any manner with, or causing or permitting any other person to interfere with, the record or document; or

(b) take any other step that appears to the authorized person to be necessary for—

(i) preserving the record or document; or

(ii) preventing interference with the record or document.

(4) Any record or document removed under subsection (1) may be retained—