Section 22Part 1 — Banks and Trust Companies Act
Power of search
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If a m agistrate is satisfied by information on oath given by the Authority or by a person authorised under section 17(4) to assist the Authority either that —
there is reasonable ground for suspecting that an offence against this Act or the Beneficial Ownership Transparency Act, 2023 [Act 13 of 2023] , has been or is being committed and that evidence of the commission of the offence is to be found at any premises specified in the information, or in any vehicl e, vessel or aircraft so specified; or
any books, records, vouchers, documents, cash or securities which ought to have been produced under section 17(3) and have not been produced are to be found at any such premises or in any such vehicle, vessel or a ircraft, the magistrate may grant a search warrant authorising the Authority or such person authorised under section 17(4) or any constable of the rank of Inspector or above, together with any other person named in the warrant and any other constables to e nter the premises specified in the information or, as the case may be, any premises upon which the vehicle, vessel or aircraft so specified may be, at any time within one month from the date of the warrant, and to search such premises or, as the case may b e, such vehicle, vessel or aircraft.
The person authorised by any such warrant to search any premises or any vehicle, vessel or aircraft may search every person who is found in or whom that person has reasonable grounds to believe to have recently left or to be about to enter those premises or that vehicle, vessel or aircraft, as the case may be, and may seize any books, records, vouchers, documents, cash or securities found in the possession of any such person or in such premises or in such vehi cle, ve ssel or aircraft which that person has reasonable grounds for believing ought to have been produced under section 17
: Provided that no female shall, in pursuance of any warrant issued under this subsection, be searched except by a female. ( 3 ) Where unde r this section a person has any power to enter any premises that person may use such force as is reasonably necessary for the purpose of exercising that power.
A person who obstructs the Authority or any other person in the exercise of a ny powers conferred on it or that person under this section commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of ten thousand dollars and to imprisonment for one year.