- (d) inspect, seize and remove any device, apparatus or equipment found on the premises which he has reasonable cause to believe may be required as such evidence;
- (e) inspect, sample, seize and remove any substance, material, or other matter or thing found on the premises which he has reasonable cause to believe may be required as such evidence; or
- (f) search or cause to be searched any person found on the premises whom he has reasonable cause to believe to be in possession or control of any document, device, apparatus, equipment, substance, material or other matter or thing.
(3) No woman or girl shall be searched except by a woman.
Use of force
29. If force is required to enter and inspect any premises specified in a warrant issued under section 24, 25 or 28 (whether by breaking down a door or otherwise), or in breaking open anything in the premises, the person executing the warrant may use such force as is reasonable in the circumstances.
Forfeiture
30.—(1) A court may order that anything shown to the court’s satisfaction to be the subject-matter of an offence under this Act or to have been used in the commission of such an offence shall be forfeited to the Agency, and either destroyed or otherwise dealt with in such manner as the court may order.
(2) The court may, in particular, order the thing to be dealt with as the Director-General may think fit, and in such a case the Director-General may direct that it be destroyed or otherwise dealt with.
(3) Where—
- (a) the court proposes to order anything to be forfeited under this section; and
- (b) a person claiming to have an interest in it applies to be heard by the court,
the court shall not order it to be forfeited unless that person has been given an opportunity to show cause why the order should not be made.
