Video Recordings Act, 1989
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Search and seizure. |
25.—(1) If a justice of the District Court or a Peace Commissioner is satisfied on the sworn information of a member of the Garda Síochána not below the rank of sergeant that there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that— | |
(a) an offence under this Act or an offence referred to in section 16 (2) of this Act has been or is being committed on or at any premises or other place, and | ||
(b) evidence that the offence has been or is being committed is on or at those premises or that place, | ||
he may issue a warrant under his hand authorising any member of the Garda Síochána, accompanied by any other members of the Garda Síochána, at any time or times within one month from the date of the issue of the warrant, on production if so requested of the warrant, to enter, if need be by force, and search the premises or other place specified in the warrant and— | ||
(i) to seize anything found there that he believes on reasonable grounds may be required to be used in evidence in any proceedings for an offence under this Act or an offence referred to in section 16 (2) of this Act, and | ||
(ii) to require any person found there to give him his name and address. | ||
(2) A person who— | ||
(a) obstructs or interferes with a member of the Garda Síochána acting under the authority of a warrant under this section, or | ||
(b) is found on or at the premises or place specified in the warrant by a member of the Garda Síochána acting as aforesaid and who fails or refuses to give the member his name and address when required by the member to do so or gives him a name or address that is false or misleading, | ||
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction— | ||
(i) if the offence is under paragraph (a) of this subsection, to a fine not exceeding £1,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both, or | ||
(ii) if the offence is under paragraph (b) of this subsection, to a fine not exceeding £500. |