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Restrictions on the entry and search of domestic premises
Cap. 252, s. 139 · Revised Edition 2020
(1) No domestic premises shall be entered and searched by a police officer unless a magistrate has issued a warrant under subsection (2) of this section.
(2) A magistrate may, if he is satisfied by information on oath that there is reasonable ground for suspecting that there is in any domestic premises any article which may be seized,
removed or detained under any provision of this Act, issue a warrant authorising a police officer to enter and search the
(3) A police officer authorised under subsection (2) of this section, to enter and search any premises may call upon any other police officer to assist him in entering and searching the
(4) In this section, “domestic premises” means any premises or any part thereof, used exclusively or mainly as a dwelling.
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