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Cap. 345 · * (Cap. 345)

Cap. 345 Art. 34Right of entry.

PART V

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(1) Any officer, employee or agent of the competent authority, on producing, if required, evidence of his authority, may enter premises occupied by a person on whom a notice has been served under article 32 or whose affairs are being investigated under article 33, for the purpose of obtaining therefrom the information or documents required by that notice, or otherwise for the purpose of the investigation, and of exercising any of the powers conferred by the said articles.

(2) Where any officer, employee or agent of the competent authority has cause to believe that if such notice as is referred to in sub-article (1) were served it would not be complied with or that any documents to which it could relate would be removed, tampered with or destroyed, such officer, employee or agent may, on producing, if required, evidence of his authority, enter any premises referred to in sub-article (1) for the purpose of obtaining therefrom any information or documents specified in the authority, being information or documents that could have been required under such notice as is referred to in sub-article (1).

(3) For the purposes of any action taken under the provisions of this article, the competent authority may request the assistance of the Commissioner of Police, who may for such purpose exercise such powers as are vested in him by law.