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PREVENTION OF COPYRIGHT PIRACY
Ord. No. 22 of 1998
A483

45. Powers of investigating officers

Section 122 is amended—

(a) in subsection (1)(a)(i), by repealing “premises or”;
(b) in subsection (2)(a), by repealing “open any outer or inner door of” and substituting “into and forcibly enter”;
(c) by adding—
“(3) An authorized officer may call upon any authorized officer to assist him in the exercise of any of his powers under this section.”.

46. Section substituted

Section 123 is repealed and the following substituted—

“123. Authority to issue warrant for entry and search
(1) A magistrate may, if he is satisfied by information on oath that there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that there is in any place any article or thing which may be seized, removed or detained under section 122(1)(b), issue a warrant authorizing an authorized officer to enter and search the place.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), an authorized officer shall not enter and search any place under section 122(1)(a)(i) except under the authority of a warrant issued under this section.
(3) An authorized officer may enter and search any place under section 122(1)(a)(i) without a warrant issued under this section if the delay necessary to obtain a warrant could result in the loss or destruction of evidence or for any other reason it would not be reasonably practicable to obtain a warrant.”.
SCHEDULE 1
[ss. 2 & 39]

Optical Discs

1. CD (compact disc).

2. CD-ROM (compact disc—read only memory).

3. CD-R (compact disc—recordable).

4. CD-RW (compact disc—rewritable).

5. CD-W (compact disc—writable).

6. DVD (digital video disc).

7. DVD-ROM (digital video disc—read only memory).

8. LD (laserdisc).

9. MD (mini-disc).

10. VCD (video compact disc).