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Injunction

Cap. 328, s. 39 · Revised Edition 2020

(1) Where, on the application of the Department, it appears to the Supreme Court that a person has done, or is about to do, or is likely to do, any act or thing constituted or directed toward the commission of an offence under this Act, the Court may issue an injunction ordering any person named in the (a) to refrain from doing any act or thing that it appears to the Court may constitute or be directed towards the commission of an offence under this Act; or (b) to do any act or thing that it appears to the Court may prevent the commission of an offence under this Act. (2) No injunction shall issue under sub-section (1) unless forty-eight hours notice is given to the party or parties named in the application or the urgency of the situation is such that service of notice would not be in the public interest. 42
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