Code of Police Laws (Cap. 10)
Code of Police Laws (Cap. 10), article 133
133. It shall be lawful for the Police, the sanitary authority , or
any person appointed by the competent Minister, at any time, wi th
the least possible inconvenience to the occupier, according to
circumstances, to visit any house or other building or tenement , in
order to ascertain that the provisions of this Part, or of the
regulations made by a Minister are observed, and the court may,
where necessary, issue a warrant authorizing the use of force, for
the opening of any door:
Provided that any such warrant shall not be executed before
notice thereof shall ha ve been given, even orally, to the occup ier of
the house, building or tenement, not later than the day previou s to
the execution.
Stores.
Added by:
VI.1881.4.
Amended by:
XVI.1931.44,45,
46;
XXXIX.1935.9.
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