Section 12

Any officer of the Association duly authorised in writing in that behalf may enter at all reasonable times any premises or place in which he has reasonable cause to believe there is evidence of a contravention of any of the provisions of this Act or of the rules made thereunder, and may search therein and seize any article in the premises or place that may be reasonably necessary as evidence in connection with the contravention.

Any person who wilfully impedes or obstructs such officer in the exercise of the powers conferred upon him by subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.