HUMAN REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY ACT 1991 - SECT 55

HUMAN REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY ACT 1991 - SECT 55

55 .         Entry, search and seizure, by warrant

        (1)         Where a justice is satisfied, upon an application supported by evidence on oath, that there is reason to suspect that an offence is, or is likely to be, committed under this Act at any premises, the justice may, by warrant in the prescribed form stating the proposed purpose, empower any authorised officer or member of the Police Force to enter, with such other persons as may be necessary to assist, upon those premises using such force as may be necessary and any such warrant continues to have effect until the purpose for which it was granted is satisfied.

        (2)         A warrant under subsection (1) authorises the holder and such other persons as are necessary to assist —

            (a)         to arrest any person suspected of being concerned in an offence under this Act and found on the premises to which the warrant relates; and

            (b)         to seize all records or other things which there are reasonable grounds for believing may be required as evidence for the purposes of disciplinary proceedings or as an offence under this Act; and

            (c)         to search —

                  (i)         the premises; and

                  (ii)         all persons found at or in the immediate vicinity of the premises and suspected of being concerned in an offence under this Act.

        [Section 55 amended: No. 84 of 2004 s. 80.]