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Power to search for and seize documents relevant to locating property
Cap. 104, s. 27 · Revised Edition 2020
(1) A police officer or an authorized officer of the Financial Intelligence Unit may–
(a) enter upon land or upon or into premises;
(b) search the land or premises for any document of the type described in section 23(1); and
(c) seize any document found in the course of that search that the aforementioned officer believes, on reasonable grounds, to be a relevant document in relation to an offence,
Provided that the entry, search and seizure is made with the consent of the occupier of the land or the premises, or under a warrant issued by a court under this Act.
Cap.138.02.
(2) The powers contained in sub-section (1) are without prejudice to the powers of the FIU under the Financial Intelligence Unit Act.
Amended by: 7 of 2016; 35 of 2002
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