Issuing of Warrant

Where a Magistrate is satisfied, by information on oath, that– (a) there are reasonable grounds to suspect that a person on premises has suffered or is in imminent danger of physical injury at the hands of another person in a situation amounting to domestic violence and needs assistance to deal with or prevent the injury; and (b) a police officer has been refused permission to enter the premises for the purpose of giving assistance to the first mentioned person in paragraph (a) of this section, the Magistrate may issue a warrant in writing authorizing a police officer to enter the premises specified in the warrant at any time within twenty -four hours after the issue of the warrant and subject to any conditions specified in the warrant, to take such action as is necessary to prevent the commission or repetition of the offence or a breach of the peace or to protect life or property, including seizing a weapon alleged to have been used in the commission of a domestic violence offence and thus needed for the purpose of an investigation or trial.