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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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