Defamation Act 2009
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Seizure of copies of blasphemous statements. |
37.— (1) Where a person is convicted of an offence under section 36 , the court may issue a warrant— | |
(a) authorising any member of the Garda Síochána to enter (if necessary by the use of reasonable force) at all reasonable times any premises (including a dwelling) at which he or she has reasonable grounds for believing that copies of the statement to which the offence related are to be found, and to search those premises and seize and remove all copies of the statement found therein, | ||
(b) directing the seizure and removal by any member of the Garda Síochána of all copies of the statement to which the offence related that are in the possession of any person, | ||
(c) specifying the manner in which copies so seized and removed shall be detained and stored by the Garda Síochána. | ||
(2) A member of the Garda Síochána may— | ||
(a) enter and search any premises, | ||
(b) seize, remove and detain any copy of a statement to which an offence under section 36 relates found therein or in the possession of any person, | ||
in accordance with a warrant under subsection (1). | ||
(3) Upon final judgment being given in proceedings for an offence under section 36 , anything seized and removed under subsection (2) shall be disposed of in accordance with such directions as the court may give upon an application by a member of the Garda Síochána in that behalf. |