5. No person to act as private investigator without a licence

Terms defined in s 2

• licence

  licence

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  “licence” means a private investigator’s licence or a security guard agency’s licence, as the case may be, granted under this Act;

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• private investigator

  private investigator

  Defined · s 2

  “private investigator” means any person (whether or not he carries on any other business) who exercises or carries on or advertises or notifies or states that he exercises or carries on or that he is willing to exercise or carry on or in any way holds himself to the public as ready to undertake any of the following functions: (a)obtaining and furnishing information as to the personal character or actions of any person or as to the character or nature of the business or occupation of any person;(b)searching for missing persons;(c)obtaining and furnishing information as to the causes and origin of or responsibility for fires, libels, losses, accidents or damages or injuries to real or personal property;(d)the location or recovery of lost or stolen property or obtaining information with respect to that property;(e)securing evidence to be used in civil or criminal proceedings,on behalf of any other person and for or in consideration of any payment or other remuneration (whether monetary or otherwise);

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