Section 46: Warrant to search and seize

46. Warrant to search and seize (1) Subject to subsection (2), where the Controller has reasonable ground to believe that an offence has been, is being or is likely to be committed under this Act, he may apply to a District Magistrate for the issue of a warrant to an authorised officer to— (a) enter and search any business premises or place where any business is carried on or anything is done in connection with the business; (b) inspect or examine any equipment, apparatus, material, record, document or other information, whether kept on computer or otherwise, found therein; and (c) seize any such equipment, apparatus, material, record, document or other information, where such seizure is necessary for any examination or investigation. (2) Subsection (1) shall not apply to any person referred to in section 45 (2). (3) Any equipment, apparatus, material, record, document or other information seized under subsection (1) (c) shall be returned to the person from whom they were seized when no longer required. (S. 42 came into operation on 1 December 2010.)