CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION (EXCEPTIONAL POWERS) AND FORTIFICATION REMOVAL ACT 2002 (NO. 21 OF 2002) - SECT 12

CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION (EXCEPTIONAL POWERS) AND FORTIFICATION REMOVAL ACT 2002 (NO. 21 OF 2002) - SECT 12

12 .         Scope of this Part

        (1)         This Part is to facilitate the investigation of a section 4 offence.

        (2)         The investigation of an offence includes the investigation of a suspicion that the offence has been, or is being, committed.

        (3)         The powers of a special commissioner under this Part cannot be exercised unless the Commissioner of Police has satisfied a special commissioner that the grounds described in section 9(1) exist in respect of the section 4 offence concerned.

        (4)         A power under this Part cannot be exercised contrary to a direction under section 10.