Section 53

The Public Prosecutor may, if he or she considers that any evidence of the commission of an offence under section 19 or 47, whenever committed, or a conspiracy to commit, an attempt to commit, or an abetment of such an offence, by a person is likely to be found in any document containing customer information relating to that person, to the spouse, son or daughter of that person, or to a person reasonably believed by the Public Prosecutor to be a trustee or an agent for that person, by order authorise any police officer of or above the rank of assistant superintendent so named to inspect any document of a bank specified in the order.

The police officer so authorised may, at all reasonable times, enter the bank specified in the order and inspect the documents kept in the bank and may take copies of any relevant entry in any such document.

The Public Prosecutor may delegate his or her power under this section to a Deputy Public Prosecutor or the Commissioner of Police, except the power of delegation conferred by this subsection.

In this section, “customer information” has the meaning given by section 40A of the Banking Act 1970.[30A