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Administration of Justice Law (No. 44 of 1973) - Sect 95

When search warrants may be issued

95.
(1)
(a) Where any court has reason to believe that a person to whom a summons or a requisition has been or might be addressed will not or would not produce the document or other thing as required by such summons or requisition; or
(b) where such document or other thing is not known to the court to be in the possession of any person; or
(c) where the court considers that the purposes of any proceeding under this Law will be served by a search
(2) Every warrant issued under subsection (1) shall remain in force for a reasonable number of days to be specified in such warrant.
(3) The provisions of sections 84 (1), 84 (5) and 89 (2) shall so far as may be, apply to all search warrants.


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