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Prevention and Control of Disease (Prohibition on Group Gathering) Regulation
L.N. 32 of 2020
Section 12
B553
- enable the officer to perform a function under this Regulation;
- (f) if an authorized officer reasonably believes that an offence has been committed under section 6(1) in respect of the place—seize, remove or detain any thing found in the place that appears to the officer to be evidence of the offence.
12. Power to enter and search premises with warrant for investigation
(1) If satisfied by information on oath that there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that there is on any premises any thing that is or contains, or that is likely to be or to contain, evidence of an offence under this Regulation, a magistrate may issue a search warrant in respect of the premises.
(2) The search warrant may authorize an authorized officer to—
- (a) break into and forcibly enter the premises and search the premises;
- (b) seize, remove or detain any thing that appears to the officer to be or to contain, or to be likely to be or to contain, evidence of an offence under this Regulation; and
- (c) require any person present on the premises to provide the officer with any assistance or information that the officer reasonably considers necessary to enable the officer to perform a function under this Regulation.
