Section 26Part 3 — General Provisions Relating to Criminal Investigations and Proceedings
Search warrants
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26. Where a court or a Justice of the Peace is satisfied by information on oath that in fact or according to reasonable suspicion anything upon, by or in respect of which an offence has been committed or anything which is necessary to the conduct of an investigation into any offence is in any building, ship, vehicle, box, receptacle or place, such court or Justice of the Peace may, by warrant (called a search warrant), authorise a police officer or other person therein named to search the building, ship, vehicle, box, receptacle or place (which shall be named or described in the warrant) for any such thing and, if anything searched for is found, to seize it and carry it before the court issuing the warrant or some other court to be dealt with according to law.