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

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47. Warrant to enter premises to remove evidence of commission of offence

(1) If a magistrate is satisfied by information on oath that there are reasonable grounds to suspect that an offence under section 29 has been committed or is being committed on any premises, the magistrate may issue a warrant authorizing an authorized officer to—

(a) enter and search the premises; and

(b) seize, remove or detain—

(i) any record or document, or any cash or other article, found on the premises that is, or appears to the authorized officer to be, or to contain, or to be likely to be or to contain, evidence of the commission of the suspected offence; and

(ii) anything that the authorized officer has reasonable cause to believe may be required as evidence in proceedings for the suspected offence.

(2) An authorized officer authorized under subsection (1) may—

(a) call on any person to assist the officer in entering and searching the premises that the officer is empowered to enter and search under that subsection;

(b) break into and forcibly enter the premises;

(c) remove by force any person or thing obstructing the officer in the exercise of those powers;

(d) detain any person found on the premises who appears to the officer to be, or to be likely to be, able to give information relevant to the investigation of the suspected offence until the premises have been searched;