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(a) being the owner, tenant, occupier or person in charge of any place or premises, permit or suffer such place or premises or any part thereof to be opened, kept or used as a divan or for unlawful trafficking in or the unlawful manufacturing or storage of a dangerous drug; or
(b) let or agree to let, whether as principal or agent, any place or premises with the knowledge that such place or premises or any part thereof is to be opened, kept or used as a divan or for unlawful trafficking in or the unlawful manufacturing or storage of a dangerous drug. (Amended, 46 of 1971, s. 5)
(2) Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable-
(a) on conviction on indictment, to a fine of $5,000,000 and to imprisonment for 15 years; and
(b) on summary conviction, to a fine of $500,000 and to imprisonment for 3 years. (Amended, 43 of 1974, s. 6)
Premises used for unlawful trafficking in or manufacturing, etc. dangerous drug
38. (1) Where it is proved to the satisfaction of a court that an offence under section 4, 6, 7, 35 or 37 has been committed in or on or in respect of any place or premises or any part thereof, the court may order that a notice of the fact shall be served either personally or by registered post on- (Amended, 46 of 1971, s. 6)
(a) the owner or any tenant of the place or premises or the part thereof; or
(b) if such owner or tenant is absent or under disability, on his agent; or
(c) if such owner or tenant is a company, on the secretary or manager thereof.
(2) After service of a notice under subsection (1), a court may, on application--
(a) by the person on whom the notice was served; or
(b) in the case of a company, by or on behalf of the company, make an order (which shall be recognized and given effect to in any proceeding in any court) determining any tenancy of such place or premises or of any part of the place or premises as from the date of such order, and thereupon such tenancy shall cease and determine for all purposes and any tenant under the tenancy so determined and any occupier of such place or premises or such part thereof may thereafter be treated as a trespasser.
(3) (a) An order under subsection (2) shall be sufficient authority to any police officer to enter (by force if necessary) into the place or premises specified in the order and-
(i) evict therefrom any person who may under subsection (2) be treated as a trespasser; and
(ii) remove therefrom anything belonging to or in the possession of any such person.