FISH RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ACT 1994 - SECT 187

FISH RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ACT 1994 - SECT 187

187 .         Warrants to enter and search places

        (1)         If a justice is satisfied on an application supported by evidence on oath —

            (a)         that there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that there is on or in any place anything that may afford evidence of the commission of an offence against this Act; or

            (b)         that the issue of the warrant is reasonably required for the purpose of ascertaining whether a person has contravened or is contravening a provision of this Act,

                the justice may issue a warrant in the prescribed form authorising a fisheries officer to enter and search the place —

            (c)         with such assistance, and by such force, as is reasonably necessary; and

            (d)         during such hours as the warrant specifies, or, if the warrant so specifies, at any time.

        (2)         A warrant must specify —

            (a)         the place that may be entered and searched; and

            (b)         the time and date at which the warrant ceases to have effect.

        [Section 187 amended: No. 84 of 2004 s. 80.]