Co-operatives Act, 2005 (Act No. 14 of 2005)

Chapter 12B : Co-operatives Tribunal

91Z. Powers to enter and search

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(1)A person who is authorised under section 91Y to enter and search premises, may—
(a)enter the premises;
(b)search the premises;
(c)search any person on the premises if there are reasonable grounds for believing that the person has personal possession of an article or document that has a bearing on the investigation;
(d)examine any article or document that is on or in those premises that has a bearing on the investigation;
(e)request information about any article or document from the owner, or person in control, of the premises or from any person who has control of the article or document or from any other person who may have the information;
(f)take extracts from, or make copies of, any book or document that is on or in the premises that has a bearing on the investigation;
(g)use any computer system on the premises, or require the assistance of any person on the premises to use that computer system, to—
(i)search any data contained in or available to that computer system;
(ii)reproduce any record from that data that has a bearing on the investigation; or
(iii)seize any output from that computer system that has a bearing on the investigation for examination and copying; and
(h)attach and, if necessary, remove from the premises for examination and safekeeping, anything that has a bearing on the investigation.

 

(2) Section 91AA applies to—
(a) any person questioned by an inspector or a police officer in terms of this section; and
(b)to any answer given or statement made to an inspector or a police officer in terms of this section.

 

(3)An inspector authorised to conduct an entry and search in terms of section 91Y may be accompanied and assisted by a police officer.

 

[Section 91Z inserted by section 66 of Notice No. 558, GG 36729, dated 5 August 2013]