CLASSIFICATION OF COMPUTER GAMES AND IMAGES ACT 1995 - SECT 36
Warrants
CLASSIFICATION OF COMPUTER GAMES AND IMAGES ACT 1995 - SECT 36
Warrants
36 Warrants
(1) An inspector may apply to a magistrate for a warrant for a place.
(2) The
application must be sworn and state the grounds on which the warrant is
sought.
(3) The magistrate may refuse to consider the application until the
inspector gives the magistrate all the information the magistrate requires
about the application in the way the magistrate requires.
Example—
The
magistrate may require additional information supporting the application to be
given by statutory declaration.
(4) The magistrate may issue a warrant only
if the magistrate is satisfied there are reasonable grounds for suspecting—
(a) there is a particular thing or activity (the
"evidence" ) that may provide evidence of an offence against this Act; and
(b) the evidence is, or may be within the next 7 days, at the place.
(5) The
warrant must state—
(a) that a stated inspector may, with necessary and
reasonable help and force, enter the place and exercise the inspector’s
powers under this part; and
(b) the offence for which the warrant is sought;
and
(c) the evidence that may be seized under the warrant; and
(d) the hours
of the day or night when the place may be entered; and
(e) the date, within 7
days after the warrant’s issue, when the warrant ends.