Section 36: Authority to issue warrant and to search premises.

(1) Whenever it appears to the Chairman upon information, and after such inquiry as he shall think necessary, that there is reasonable cause to suspect that in any place there is any evidence of the commission of any offence under this Act, he may by written order direct an officer of the Commission to obtain a court order to-
(a) enter any premises and there search for, seize and take possession of any book, document or other article evidencing the comm ission of such offence;
(b) inspect, make copies of, or take extracts from any book, record or document;
(c) search any person who is in or on such premises, and for the purpose of such search detain such person and remove him to such place as may be necessary to facilitate such search, and seize and detain any article found on such person;
(d) break open, examine, and search any article, container or receptacle; or
(e) stop, search, and seize any vehicle or conveyance.
(2) Whenever it is necessary so to do, an officer of the Commission exercising any power under subsection (1) shall obtain a warrant from a judge or magistrate to-
(a) break open any outer or inner door or window of any premises and enter thereto, or otherwise forcibly enter the premises and every part thereof;
(b) remove by force any obstruction to such entry search, seizure or removal as he is empowered to effect; or
(c) detain any person found in or on any prem ises or in any conveyance search under subsection (1), or until such premises or conveyance has been searched.
(3) No person shall be searched under this section or under section 35 except by a person who is of the same gender as the person to be searched.