(1) Where a District Magistrate on being informed in writing on oath and after enquiry, on reasonable grounds suspects that

(a) prohibited conduct has taken place, is taking place, or is likely to take place on or in premises within the jurisdiction of the District Court,

(b) a person who has control of the subject of an investigation into a prohibited conduct is on the premises, and

(c) a person who has control or possession of books which have been directed to be produced but have not been produced in compliance with the direction, is on the premises, the Magistrate may issue a warrant authorizing the Bank or a person named in the warrant to enter and search the premises.

(2) The authorized person may

(a) enter premises or a place suspected to be used for credit bureau operations without a licence at a reasonable time to investigate activities there and make a report,

(b) search the premises,

(c) search any person on the premises if there are reasonable grounds to believe that the person has possession of an article or document which is relevant to the investigation,

(d) examine any article or document on the premises which is relevant to the investigation,

(e) request information about any article or document from

(i) the owner,

(ii) person in control of the premises,

(iii) any person who has control of the article or document, or

(iv) any other person who may have the information sought, and take extracts from, make copies of books or documents on the premises relevant to the investigation, and

(f) use a computer system on the premises, or require the assistance of any person on the premises to use that computer system to

(i) search data contained in the computer,

(ii) reproduce a record from the data,

(iii) seize output from the computer for examination and copying, and

(iv) attach and, if necessary, remove from the premises for examination and safekeeping, a thing that is relevant to the investigation.

(3) The powers conferred by the Criminal Code 1960 (Act 29) or any law in force relating to search of premises shall apply.

(4) The person authorized to conduct the search shall produce the authorization at the request of the person in control of the premises.

(5) In this section “premises” includes any structure, building, place, aircraft, vehicle or vessel.