(1)The Commissioner of Police may authorise any police officer in writing to enter any place in the circumstances mentioned in subsection (2) to search, seize and secure any property which the police officer believes to have been stolen as if the police officer had a search warrant for the property seized.
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Section 33 — Summary search
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(2)The circumstances referred to2021mentioned2021 in subsection (1) are —
(a)when the place to be searched is, or has in the 12 months preceding the search been, occupied or used by any person who has been convicted of the offence of receiving stolen property or of harbouring thieves; or
(b)when the place to be searched is occupied or used by any person who has been convicted of any offence involving fraud or dishonesty punishable with imprisonment.
(3)In authorising any police officer under subsection (1), it is not necessary for the Commissioner of Police to specify any particular property if he2021the Commissioner of Police2021 has reason to believe generally that the place to be searched is being made a storage for stolen property.