Section 63: Special Powers of the Division.
The Division shall have the power to-(a) investigate whether any person, body or entity has committed an offence under this Act or any ancillary offence under any other relevant law;
(b) enter into any premises, property or conveyance without warrant for the purpose of conducting searches in furtherance of its functions under this Act or under any other relevant law ;
(c) arrest, detain and prosecute offenders under this Act or any other law on smuggling of migrants and ancillary offences in Nigeria ;
(d) trace, seize, detain or retain the custody, for the purpose of investigation and prosecution, of any property which the Division reasonably believes to have been involved in or used in the commission of offences, or derived from the commission of the offences under this Act or any other relevant law;
(e) seal up premises upon reasonable suspicion of such premises being involved with or used in connection with the commission of offences under this Act or any other relevant law ; and
(f)
seeking and receiving information from any person, authority, corporation or company without let or hindrance in respect of the enforcement of any of the provisions of this Act or any other relevant law.
Cite this section
Section 63, IMMIGRATION ACT 2015 (2015).
https://repo.podus.ai/laws/immigration-act-2015/section/63/