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Firearms Control Act, 2000 (Act No. 60 of 2000)

Chapter 14 : Search and seizure

112. Exercise of powers set out in section 37 of Criminal Procedure Act, 1977

 

Any police official or other person authorised as such in writing by the Registrar may exercise the powers of a police official set out in section 37 of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977 (Act No. 51 of 1977), in respect of—

(a) any occupant of a vehicle, vessel or aircraft or premises in which any article referred to in section 110(1) is present and in respect of which there is a reasonable suspicion that any of the provisions of this Act may have been contravened by that occupant; and
(b) the owner or person in control of any vehicle, vessel or aircraft or premises in which any article referred to in section 110(1) is present and in respect of which there is a reasonable suspicion that any of the provisions of this Act may have been contravened.