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The Laws of Fiji
Last Updated: 15 March 2012

[GAM 43] Entry and search without a warrant43 

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(1) A police officer of or above the rank of Assistant Superintendent may personally do whatever a Magistrate or such officer may by warrant authorise a police officer to do when competent to issue a warrant under section 42 and also in the following circumstances—
  • (a)if the place proposed to be entered is occupied by a social club and the officer has reason to believe that illegal gaming is conducted there;
  • (b)if the officer has personal knowledge of such facts and circumstances as to be satisfied that there are sufficient grounds for conducting a search under section 42(1);
  • (c)if the officer receives information orally, whether on oath or not, that any place is kept or used for the purpose of conducting therein any gaming activity which is illegal under this Act under such circumstances that the object of the search would, in the opinion of the officer, be defeated by the delay which would result from reducing the information to writing, provided that the name and address of the person giving the information are known or ascertained by the officer before acting on the information.
(2) Any person who gives oral information for the purposes of subsection (1)(c) which that person knows or believes to be false or does not believe to be true shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $5,000 and imprisonment for one year.