Clause 12

Any police officer may enter the shop of any secondhand goods dealer at any time and may, without a warrant, search the shop for any property which he has reason to suspect to be therein and to be stolen property or property that has been lost.

Any police officer may at any time enter and search without a warrant any shop where he has reason to suspect that any person is dealing in secondhand goods without a licence issued under this Act.

For the purposes of exercising his powers under this section, a police officer may, with such assistance as he considers necessary, break open any door, window, lock, fastener, floor, wall, ceiling, compartment, box, container or any other thing.

Any police officer may seize any secondhand goods found in any shop referred to in subsection (1) or (2).