Employment Permits Act 2024
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Warrant relating to offences under section 7(6) | ||
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52. (1) Without prejudice to the powers conferred on an authorised officer by or under section 51 where, on the sworn information of a member of the Garda Síochána not below the rank of sergeant, a judge of the District Court is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that evidence of or relating to an offence under section 7 (6) is to be found at a place specified in the information, the judge may issue a warrant for the search of that place and any persons found at that place. | ||
(2) A warrant issued under this section shall authorise a named member of the Garda Síochána alone or accompanied by such other members of the Garda Síochána and such other persons as may be necessary— | ||
(a) to enter, within 7 days from the date of the warrant, and if necessary by the use of reasonable force, the place named in the warrant, | ||
(b) to search it and any persons found there, and | ||
(c) to seize anything found there, or anything found in the possession of a person present there at the time of the search, which that member reasonably believes to be evidence of or relating to an offence under section 7 (6). | ||
(3) A member of the Garda Síochána acting in accordance with a warrant issued under this section may require any person found at the place where the search is carried out to give the member his or her name and address. | ||
(4) Any person who— | ||
(a) obstructs or attempts to obstruct any member of the Garda Síochána acting in accordance with a warrant issued under subsection (1), | ||
(b) fails or refuses to comply with a requirement under this section, or | ||
(c) gives a name or address which is false or misleading, | ||
shall be guilty of an offence. | ||
(5) A member of the Garda Síochána may arrest without warrant any person whom the member reasonably suspects of having committed an offence under subsection (4). |