Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) Where a justice is
satisfied, upon an application supported by evidence on oath, that there is
reason to suspect that —
(a) any
premises are, have been or are about to be opened, kept or used as a common
gaming house; or
(b)
unlawful gaming is, has been or is about to be conducted at any premises; or
(c) an
offence is, or is likely to be, committed under this Act at any premises in
relation to any gambling conducted or purported to be conducted under the
authority of a permit,
he may, by warrant in
the prescribed form stating the proposed purpose, empower any authorised
officer or member of the Police Force to enter, with such other persons as may
be necessary to assist, upon those premises using such force as may be
necessary and any such warrant continues to have effect until the purpose for
which it was granted is satisfied.
(2) A warrant under
subsection (1) authorises the holder and such other persons as are necessary
to assist —
(a) to
arrest any person found on the premises to which the warrant relates; and
(b) to
seize all gaming equipment, instruments of gaming and related furnishings and
any books, money or other thing which there are reasonable grounds for
believing may be required as evidence for the purposes of proceedings in
respect of the premises or of any gambling or of the playing of an unlawful
game; and
(c) to
search —
(i)
the premises; and
(ii)
all persons found at or in the immediate vicinity of the
premises and suspected of being concerned in an offence under this Act.
[Section 25 amended: No. 35 of 2003 s. 166; No. 84
of 2004 s. 80.]