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Formal Consolidation |  2001 RevEd
Search warrants
34.—(1)  On an application referred to in section 33, the court may issue a warrant authorising an authorised officer to enter and search the specified premises if the court is satisfied that —
(a)an order made under section 22 in relation to any thing on the premises has not been complied with; or
(b)the conditions in subsection (2) are fulfilled.
(2)  The conditions referred to in subsection (1)(b) are that —
(a)there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that a specified person has carried on or has benefited from a foreign offence;
(b)there are reasonable grounds for believing that the thing to which the application relates —
(i)is likely to be of substantial value (whether by itself or together with another thing) to the criminal matter in respect of which the application is made; and
(ii)does not consist of or include items subject to legal privilege; or
(c)the court is satisfied that it is not contrary to the public interest for the warrant to be issued.
(3)  A warrant issued under this section shall be subject to such conditions as the court may specify in the warrant.
Informal Consolidation | Amended Act 23 of 2014
Search warrants
34.—(1)  On an application referred to in section 33, the court may issue a warrant authorising an authorised officer to enter and search the specified premises if the court is satisfied that —
(a)an order made under section 22 in relation to any thing on the premises has not been complied with; or
(b)the conditions in subsection (2) are fulfilled.
(2)  The conditions referred to in subsection (1)(b) are that —
(a)there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that a specified person has carried on or has benefited from a foreign offence;
(b)there are reasonable grounds for believing that the thing to which the application relates —
(i)is likely to be of substantial value (whether by itself or together with another thing) to the criminal matter in respect of which the application is made; and
(ii)does not consist of or include items subject to legal privilege; and
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(c)the court is satisfied that it is not contrary to the public interest for the warrant to be issued.
(3)  A warrant issued under this section shall be subject to such conditions as the court may specify in the warrant.