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(d) the performance by the Director or by the Fire Services Department of his or its powers or duties under any enactment:

Provided that the Director, or any person authorized by him in writing, shall not exercise the right of entry conferred by this subsection in respect of such premises as are not a place of public entertainment or public assembly, factory, workshop or workplace nor premises otherwise used for business purposes, unless 24 hours' notice in writing of the intended entry has been given to the occupier.

(2) If it is shown to the satisfaction of a magistrate or justice of the peace on sworn information in writing-

(a) that admission to any premises has been refused, or that refusal is apprehended, or that the premises are un- occupied or the occupier is temporarily absent, or that the case is one of urgency, or that an application for admission would defeat the object of the entry; and

(b) that there is reasonable ground for entry into the premises

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any purpose specified in subsection (1); and (c) the notice of the intention to apply for the warrant has been given to the occupier of the premises, or that the premises are unoccupied, or that the occupier is tem- porarily absent, or that the case is one of urgency, or that the giving of such notice would defeat the object of the entry,

the magistrate or justice of the peace may by warrant in the form of Form 1 in the Fifth Schedule authorize the Director, or any person authorized by the Director in writing in that behalf, to enter the premises, if need be by force. (Amended, 29 of 1975, s. 6)

(3) The Director or any person entering any premises by virtue of this section, or of a warrant issued hereunder, may take with him such persons as may be necessary, and on leaving any unoccupied premises which he has entered by virtue of such a warrant shall leave them as effectually secured against trespassers as he found them to be at the time of entry.

(4) Every warrant granted under this section shall continue in force until the purpose for which the entry is necessary has been satisfied.

(5) If any person who, in compliance with this section or a warrant issued hereunder, enters a factory, workshop, workplace or premises used for business purposes discloses to any person any information obtained by him in the factory, workshop or work- place or premises used for business purposes with regard to any manufacturing process or trade secret, he shall, unless such dis- closure was made in the performance of his duty, be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine of $5,000. (Amended, 25 of 1982, s. 2)

( Added, 1 of 1964, s. 4)

Fifth Schedule.