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Power to order closure.
Amendment of Schedule.
CAP. 82] Commodity Exchanges (Prohibition)
[1980 Ed.
(a) enter and search any premises in which he reasonably suspects that an offence against section 4 is being or has been committed; and
(b) remove and detain any equipment, books, records, accounts or other documents which he reasonably suspects to be, or to contain, evidence of the commission of that offence.
(2) Any such police officer may-
(a) break open any outer or inner door of any premises which he is empowered to enter under subsection (1);
(b) remove by force any person or thing obstructing him in the exercise of his powers under subsection (1);
(c) detain any person found in such premises until the premises have been searched.
6. (1) If any person is charged with an offence against section 4(1)(a), the District Court may, on application by or on behalf of the Attorney General, order that any premises in which the commodity exchange is alleged to have been operated be secured until the proceedings for that offence are completed.
(2) Any person having an interest in the premises in respect of which an order under subsection (1) has been made who is aggrieved by such order may apply to the District Court for the discharge of the order; and on the hearing of the application the court may either confirm the order or direct that it be discharged.
(3) Not less than 24 hours before the hearing of an application under subsection (2), notice of the application, and of the grounds therefor, shall be served on the Attorney General, who shall be entitled to be heard on the hearing of the application.
(4) If any person is convicted of an offence against section 4(1)(a), the court may order that the premises in which the commodity exchange was operated shall be secured for such period as may be specified in the order.
(5) Where an order under subsection (1) or subsection (4) has been made, any police officer, whether or not he is in possession of the order or a copy of the order, may take such steps as may be necessary to secure the premises in respect of which the order was made.
(6) Any person who, without the authority of a police officer, enters any premises in respect of which an order under subsection (1) or subsection (4) is in force shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $50,000.
7. The Governor may, by notice in the Gazette, amend the Schedule.