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24. When search warrant may be issued

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Amended

Last amended by an amending law of 2021. 3 amendments in all.

(1)

A court may issue a search warrant if —

(a)

the court has reason to believe that a person who has been or may be issued an order under section 20(1), (1A), (3) or (3A), or a summons under section 235(1), would not produce any document or other thing (including data), or a copy of the document or thing, as required by the order or summons;

(b)

it is not known who possesses that document or thing; or

(c)

the court considers that a general or specific search or inspection will serve the purposes of justice or of any investigation, inquiry, trial or other proceeding under this Code.

(2)

Nothing in this section authorises any court other than the General Division of the High Court to grant a warrant to search for any document or other thing (including data), or any copy of the document or thing, in the custody of the Postal Authority, a public postal licensee or the public parcel locker network operator.

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