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No. 26
PART XII__INSPECTION
Inspectors
94.__(1) The Society shall, for purposes of enforcing the
provisions of this Act, appoint such number of inspectors as the
Society considers appropriate and shall issue to them, in writing or
in such form as may be prescribed, certificates of authority to act as
such inspectors.
(2) In addition to inspectors appointed under subsection (1), any
member of the Society, a customs officer and a police officer of the
rank of subinspector and above shall perform the functions of an
inspector under this Act.
(3) A person appointed as an inspector shall hold office subject to
such conditions as the Society may determine with the approval of
the Minister.
Entry into
premises
Mode of
inspection
95. An inspector may, at any reasonable time and on production
of his certificate of authority and identification, enter any premises,
ship, aircraft or vehicle for the purpose of ascertaining whether there
is or has been, on or in connection with those premises, ship, aircraft
or vehicle any contravention of this Act.
96.__(1) For purposes of ascertaining whether there is or has been
a contravention of this Act, an inspector may inspect__
(a) any substance or article appearing to him to be a work;
(b) any container or package used or intended to be used to
contain any work; or
(c) any plant or equipment appearing to him to be used or
intended to be used in connection with the production,
reproduction or otherwise manufacture of a work.
(2) An inspector may seize and detain any substance or article
which he has reasonable cause to believe to be an infringing copy of
any work or in relation to which or by means of which he has
reasonable cause to believe that an offence under this Act has been
or is being committed, and any document which he has reasonable
cause to believe to be a document which may be required in
proceedings under this Act.
(3) Where an inspector seizes any work, he shall in writing notify
the person from whom it is seized the fact of that seizure and shall
in that notification specify any items seized.
(4) Any substance, article or work seized under this section shall
be retained by the Society until the case in connection with which
the substance, article or work was seized has been concluded or a
decision not to prosecute has been made: