Section 36: Inspection and seizure

36. Inspection and seizure (1) Any authorised officer may, where he has reasonable grounds to believe that any place, other than a dwelling house, is being used as, a tourist enterprise in contravention of this Act or any regulation made under it, enter with such assistance and such force as is necessary, search the place. (2) A Magistrate may, on oath or solemn affirmation of an authorised officer that there are reasonable grounds to believe that a dwelling house is being used as a tourist enterprise in contravention of this Act or any regulation made under it, issue a warrant to that authorised officer to enter with such assistance and such force as is necessary, to search the place. (3) Where an inspection is carried out under subsection (1), the authorised officer may— (a) require the licensee, his employee or agent or, the person in charge of the premises to— (i) produce any document or record kept by him in connection with the tourist enterprise; (ii) give him all reasonable assistance and provide all information for the purposes of the inspection; (b) remove any document, record or article reasonably suspected to have been used, or intended to be used, in connection with the tourist enterprise or make copies or extracts from such document or record. T11 – 21 [Issue 4] Tourism Authority Act (4) Where a document or record is removed under subsection (3), the authorised officer shall give to the licensee, or any person in charge of the business premises, a receipt signed by him giving particulars of the document or record removed.