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(b) may for the purposes of such investigation, with the written
consent of the Attorney General and with such assistance
as may be necessary, enter and search any office, registry
or other room of or used by a public body or any member
thereof:
Provided that the Governor may by order exempt any
office, registry or room from entry and search under the
provisions of this paragraph.
(2) Any person who
(a) when requested under paragraph (a) of subsection (1) to
render assistance, wilfully neglects or fails to render
such assistance; or
(b) obstructs or resists any police officer or public servant
conducting an investigation under this Ordinance in the
exercise of the powers of entry and search conferred by
parabraph (b) of subsection (1),
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to
a fine of five thousand dollars and imprisonment for one year.
Further powers of search and seizure.
17. (1) If it appears to the Attorney General, or to the
Director, that there is reasonable cause to believe that in any
place other than an office, registry or other room of or used by
a public body or any member thereof there is any document or thing containing any evidence of the commission of an offence
under this Ordinance, the Attorney General or the Director may, by
warrant directed to any police officer, empower such police officer
to enter such place, by force if necessary, and there to search for,
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