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Restrictions on the entry and search of domestic premises

Cap. 257, s. 80 · 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 are reasonable grounds 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 office 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 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 house.
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