(a)the court has reason to believe that a person who has been or may be issued an order under section 20(1), or a requisition under section 20(3), or a summons under section 235(1), would not produce the document or other thing as required by the order, requisition or summons;
Section history
Section 24 — When search warrant may be issued
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Amendments
(1)A court may issue a search warrant if —
Paragraph (a) — Original text to 17 September 2018superseded
Paragraph (a) — From 17 September 2018 (current)rewritten by Criminal Justice Reform Act 2018
(a)the court has reason to believe that a person who has been or may be issued an order under section 20(1), (1A), (3) or (3A), or a summons under section 235(1), would not produce any document or other thing (including data), or a copy of the document or thing, as required by the order or summons;
(b)it is not known who possesses that document or thing; or
(c)the court considers that a general or specific search or inspection will serve the purposes of justice or of any investigation, inquiry, trial or other proceeding under this Code.
(2)Nothing in this section shall authorise2021authorises2021 any court other than the General Division of the 2021High Court to grant a warrant to search for a document2018any document or other thing (including data), or any copy of the document or thing,2018 in the custody of the Postal Authority or a public postal licensee2021, a public postal licensee or the public parcel locker network operator2021.