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through an authorised officer may, at any time after the expiry of the period specified in the notice, enter any building or place where the Agency has reason to believe that any document or information, in respect of which it has given the notice, may be found, and seize or take extracts from or copies of any such document or information.

(10) The Agency shall be entitled without payment to keep any document or information, or any copy or extract thereof, furnished to it under subsection (1) or obtained under subsection (9).

(11) In this section

"body corporate" includes a limited liability partnership registered under the Limited Liability Partnerships Act (Cap. 163A);
"officer"—
(a) in relation to a body corporate, means any director, partner, member of the committee of management, chief executive, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate and includes any person purporting to act in any such capacity; or
(b) in relation to an unincorporated association (other than a partnership), means the president, the secretary, or any member of the committee of the unincorporated association, or any person holding a position analogous to that of president, secretary or member of a committee and includes any person purporting to act in any such capacity;
"partner" includes a person purporting to act as a partner.

Power to examine and secure attendance, etc.

11.—(1) For the purpose of investigating any offence under section 5, the Director-General or an authorised officer may do all or any of the following:

(a) examine orally any person who appears to be acquainted with matters related to the offence;