Section 35: Power of search, detention, etc. As Amended by Section 8 of the TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL OFFENCES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2016

(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other enactment conferring power to search, if the Court is satisfied that there is a reasonable ground to suspect that there may be found in any building or other place whatsoever, any item or information whatsoever which, in its opinion, is or may be material to the subject matter of any trial under this Act, it may issue a warrant authorising any police officer or any member of the Task Force constituted under section 38 (1) of this Act, to-
(a) enter, if necessary by force, the building or other place and every part thereof; and
(b) search for, seize and remove any item or information found therein.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other enactment conferring power to search, if any police officer or any member of the Task Force is satisfied that there is a reasonable ground to suspect that there may be found in any building or any other place whatsoever, any item or information whatsoever which in his opinion is or may be material to the subject matter of any investigation of an offence under this Act, he may with a warrant-
(a) enter, if necessary by force, the building or other place and every part thereof; and
(b) search for, seize and remove any item or information found therein.
(3)
A police officer or any member of the Task Force shall have the power to search, arrest and detain any person whom he has reason to believe has committed an offence under this Act.
(4) A person arrested or detained under this Act shall be taken or delivered into police custody or detained in any other place designated by the Task Force for that purpose.
[1997 No. 19.]