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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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