Powers expressly conferred by covert search warrant
27P Powers expressly conferred by covert search warrant
In addition to the powers mentioned in section 27N, if it expressly so authorises, a covert search warrant authorises the police officer named in the warrant:
to enter an adjoining place specified in the warrant, using the force that is reasonably necessary, for the purposes of entering the subject place; and
to seize and detain a thing of a kind described in the warrant and any relevant thing found in the course of executing the warrant;
and
to place a thing of a kind described in the warrant on the subject place in substitution for a thing seized under paragraph (b);
and
to copy, photograph or otherwise record a thing of a kind described in the warrant and any relevant thing found in the course of executing the warrant; and
to operate any electronic equipment of a kind described in the warrant and any relevant electronic equipment found in the course of executing the warrant; and
to print, copy or otherwise record from the equipment information of a kind described in the warrant to be printed, copied or recorded and any relevant information found in the course of executing the warrant; and
to test a thing of that kind and any relevant thing found in the course of executing the warrant.
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