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Part 7 · Additional Rights Relating to Copyright Works and Protected Performances

441. Powers of entry, search and seizure

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(1)

Information may be given on oath to a court that there is reasonable cause to suspect that an article or a document —

(a)

is located at any premises; and

(b)

is evidence that an offence under section 439 has been committed.

(2)

If information is given under subsection (1), the court may issue a warrant authorising a police officer (either with or without conditions) —

(a)

to enter and search the premises for articles and documents specified (either specifically or in any general category) in the warrant; and

(b)

if any articles or documents so specified are found at the premises — to seize them.

(3)

In this section and section 442, “document” means anything in which information of any description is recorded.

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