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GAMBLING REGULATION ACT 2003 - SECT 2.5.21

Warrant to enter place provided for unauthorised gambling and search and seize on premises

S. 2.5.21(1) amended by Nos 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 72.3(a)), 56/2014 s. 17(2).

    (1)     A police officer may apply to a magistrate for a warrant under this section if the police officer or another person suspects on reasonable grounds that any place

S. 2.5.21(1)(a) substituted by No. 56/2014 s. 17(3).

        (a)     is provided for the purposes of unauthorised gambling; or

S. 2.5.21(1)(b) substituted by No. 56/2014 s. 17(3).

        (b)     contains any equipment for unauthorised gambling.

S. 2.5.21(2) amended by No. 6/2018 s. 68(Sch. 2 item 59.1).

    (2)     If a magistrate is satisfied by evidence on oath or by affirmation or by affidavit that there are reasonable grounds for the suspicion founding an application under subsection (1), the magistrate may issue a special warrant in the form of Form 1 in Schedule 4.

S. 2.5.21(3) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 72.3(b)(i)).

    (3)     A special warrant under this section authorises and directs the person to whom it is issued and any other police officer—

S. 2.5.21(3)(a) amended by No. 56/2014 s. 17(4)(a).

        (a)     to enter and re-enter the place at any time and as often as and with any assistants that may be found necessary and if necessary to use force for making entry or re-entry whether by breaking open doors or otherwise; and

S. 2.5.21(3)(b) amended by No. 56/2014 s. 17(4)(a).

        (b)     to arrest, search and bring before a bail justice or the Magistrates' Court to be dealt with according to law all persons found in the place or entering or leaving it; and

S. 2.5.21(3)(c) amended by Nos 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 72.3 (b)(ii)), 56/2014 s. 17(4)(a)(b).

        (c)     to diligently search all parts of the place where the police officer suspects that equipment for unauthorised gambling are concealed; and

S. 2.5.21(3)(d) amended by No. 56/2014 s. 17(4)(b).

        (d)     to seize and bring before a bail justice or the Magistrates' Court to be dealt with according to law all equipment for unauthorised gambling and all money and securities for money found in the place or on any person referred to in paragraph (b).

S. 2.5.22 (Heading) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 72.4).



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