ANIMAL WELFARE ACT 2002 - SECT 59

ANIMAL WELFARE ACT 2002 - SECT 59

59 .         Grounds for a search warrant

                A justice may issue a warrant authorising an inspector to enter a place or vehicle if satisfied, by an application supported by evidence on oath, that —

            (a)         there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that there is at the place or in the vehicle —

                  (i)         an animal the welfare, safety or health of which is under threat; or

                  (ii)         anything that may afford evidence of the commission of an offence under this Act;

                or

            (b)         entry onto the place or into the vehicle is reasonably required to investigate a suspected offence.

        [Section 59 amended: No. 84 of 2004 s. 80.]