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Search and production order
Cap. 173, s. 115 · Revised Edition 2020
(1) The Family Court or a magistrates court may, in proceedings for an application for a care order, on hearing information on oath, make a search and production order authorizing a social services practitioner, with or without a police officer, to enter any premises specified in the order and to search for and remove to a place of safety, any child whom the social services practitioner believes or suspects is suffering or is likely to suffer significant harm.
(2) A child removed on a search and production order shall be produced in court within forty-eight hours after his or her
Amended by: 42 of 1999
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