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(1) The Authority may in furtherance of its functions

(a) require the production of a document and information by a licensee,

(b) apply to a District Magistrate for a warrant authorizing the Authority or any other person named in the warrant

(i) to search premises and to break open and search any cupboard, drawer, container or other receptacle, whether a fixture or not, in the premises, and

(ii) to take possession of, or secure against interference, any book which appears to be a book which the Authority has asked to be produced, if the Authority has reasonable grounds to believe that a document it has requested to be produced is on any premises but has not been produced,

(c) require attendance and examination of a witness,

(d) issue restraining orders in the "event of a breach of a condition of a licence,

(e) impose a pecuniary penalty on a licensee for breach of a condition of a licence, and

(f) assess and award damages to be paid by a licensee to a third party injured as a result of the breach by the licensee of the licence conditions.

(2) The powers conferred under subsection (1) are in addition to, and not in derogation of, any other powers conferred by the Criminal and Other Offences (Procedure) Act, 1960 (Act 30) that relate to the search of premises.

(3) In this section "premises' includes any structure, building, place, aircraft, vehicle or vessel.

(4) The Authority shall specify by periodic notices in the Gazette and on its website the circumstances under which a pecuniary penalty and other penalties may be imposed and the basis on which they may be calculated Offences.