Cap. 637 Art. 21Right of entry.

(1) Any officer, employee or agent of the competent authority, on producing, if required, evidence of his authority, shall have the power to enter any premises occupied by a person on whom a notice has been served in terms of article 19 or whose affairs are being investigated in terms of article 20, for the purpose of obtaining therefrom the information or documents required by that notice, or otherwise for the purpose of carrying out on-site inspections or investigations, and of exercising any of the powers conferred by the said articles.

(2) Where any officer, employee or agent of the competent authority has cause to believe that if such notice as is referred to in sub-article (1) were served, it would not be complied with or that any documents to which it could relate would be removed, tampered with or destroyed, such officer, employee or agent shall have the power, on producing, if required, evidence of his authority, to enter any premises referred to in sub-article (1) for the purpose of obtaining therefrom any information or documents specified in the authority, being information or documents that could have been required under such notice as is referred to in sub-article (1).

(3) For the purposes of any action taken under the provisions of this article, the competent authority may request the assistance of the Commissioner of Police, who may for such purpose exercise such powers as are vested in him by law.