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1934 c. 56. s. 201).
1934 c. 56, s. 3ch.
1934 c. 56. s. 3(4).
1934 c. 56. s. 3(2),
Power to search and prevent offences under section 7.
Jer. 1934 c. 56, s. 2(21)
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Crimes
[1984 Ed.
(3) Any person who, with intent to commit or to aid, abet, counsel or procure the commission of an offence under subsection (1), has in his possession any document of such a nature that the dissemination of copies thereof among the members or officers mentioned in subsection (1) would constitute such an offence, shall be guilty of an offence.
(4) Any person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on conviction upon indictment to a fine of $5,000 and to imprisonment for 2 years.
(5) The court by or before which a person is convicted of an offence under this section may order any documents connected with the offence to be destroyed or dealt with in such other manner as may be specified in the order, but no documents shall be destroyed before the expiration of the period within which an appeal may be lodged, and if an appeal is lodged no document shall be destroyed until after the appeal has been finally determined or abandoned.
(6) No prosecution for an offence under this section shall be instituted without the consent of the Attorney General.
8. (1) If a judge is satisfied by information on oath that there is reasonable ground for suspecting that an offence under section 7 has been committed, and that evidence of the commission thereof is to be found at any premises or place specified in the information, he may grant a search warrant authorizing a police officer not below the rank of inspector, together with any other police officers—
(a) to enter the premises or place at any time within 1 month from the date of the warrant, if necessary by force;
(b) to search the premises or place and any person found therein; and
(c) to seize anything found on the premises or place or on any such person which the officer has reasonable ground for suspecting to be evidence of the commission of such an offence.
(2) A woman shall not be searched, in pursuance of a warrant granted under subsection (1), except by a woman.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in subsection (1)---
(a) a warrant shall only be granted under subsection (1) in respect of an offence suspected to have been committed within the 3 months prior to the laying of the information thereof;
(b) if a warrant under subsection (1) has been executed on any premises, the police officer who has conducted or directed the search shall
(i) notify the occupier that the search has taken place, and supply him on request with a list of any documents or other objects which have been removed from the premises; and