Section 210
Section 210
(1)
Where a magistrate is satisfied by information given by a police officer that there are reasonable grounds for believing that –
(a)
an offence against section 204 or 205 has been or is about to be committed in any place; and
(b)
evidence that such an offence has been or is about to be committed in any place, he may issue a warrant authorising a police officer to –
(i)
enter and search that place, using such reasonable force as is necessary;
(ii)
remove by force any obstruction to entry, search, seizure and removal as he is empowered to effect; and
(iii)
detain every person found in the place until the place has been searched.
Incorporating amendments until S 92/2013
(Clean copy) NORHASNANI /fiqah/Muslim as of 16th July 2020
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BLUV as at 24th December 2013
(2)
A warrant under subsection (1) –
(a)
may authorise persons to accompany the police officer executing the warrant; and
(b)
remains in force for 28 days from the date of its issue.
(3)
In executing a warrant issued under this section, the police officer may seize any article if he reasonably believes that it is evidence that an offence against section 204 or 205 has been or is about to be committed.
(4)
In this section, “police officer” means a police officer not below the rank of an
Inspector or a police officer in charge of a police station.