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(3) Subject to section 22, any member of the Customs and Excise Service or any authorized officer may enter and search any premises or place connected with the manufacture, processing, production, storage, distribution or sale of any article in respect of which a licence has been issued under this Ordinance.
(4) The owner of any article, licence or other document seized by a member of the Customs and Excise Service or an authorized officer under this section may, on application to the Commissioner and subject to such conditions as the Commissioner may impose, photograph or make any other form of copy of the seized article, licence or document. (Amended, L.N. 294/82)
22. (1) No domestic premises shall be entered and searched by a member of the Customs and Excise Service or an authorized officer unless-
(a) a magistrate has issued a warrant under subsection (2); or
(b) a member of the Customs and Excise Service of or above the rank of Assistant Superintendent has given an authorization under subsection (3). (Amended, 46 of 1977, s. 17 and L.N. 294/82)
(2) A magistrate may, if he is satisfied by information on oath that there is reasonable ground for suspecting that there is in any domestic premises anything which may be seized under section 21, issue a warrant authorizing a member of the Customs and Excise Service or an authorized officer to enter and search the premises.
(3) A member of the Customs and Excise Service of or above the rank of Assistant Superintendent may, if he reasonably suspects (Amended, 46 of 1977, s. 17 and L.N. 294/82)
(a) that there is in any domestic premises anything which may be seized under section 21; and
(b) that unless the premises are entered and searched immediately such thing is likely to be removed from the premises,
authorize in writing a member of the Customs and Excise Service or an authorized officer to enter and search the premises.
(4) A member of the Customs and Excise Service or an authorized officer authorized under subsection (2) or (3) to enter and search any domestic premises may call upon any member of the Customs and Excise Service and any authorized officer to assist him in entering and searching the premises.
(5) No vessel which has a tonnage exceeding 250 gross tons shall be detained under section 21(1) for more than 12 hours without the consent of the Chief Secretary, who may, by order in writing under his hand, detain such a vessel for further periods of not more than 12 hours each.
Restrictions upon exercise of special powers of members of the Customs and Excise Service, etc.