On 20/05/2013,
you requested for the version in force on 20/05/2013
incorporating all amendments published on or before 20/05/2013.
The closest version currently available is that of 15/12/1998.
13.
—(1) If information is given upon oath to a Magistrate that there is reasonable cause to suspect that there are in any premises or place any obscene or objectionable publications (not being prohibited publications) by means of or in relation to which any offence under section 11 or 12 has been or is about to be committed, or any equipment used or intended to be used for the purpose of exhibiting, making or reproducing those publications, the Magistrate may issue a warrant under his hand by virtue of which any police officer, controller or authorised officer named in the warrant may —
(a)
with such assistance and by such force as is necessary, enter and search the premises or place;
(b)
seize the publications and any equipment used in the exhibition, making or reproduction of those publications; and
(c)
take into custody any person reasonably believed to be in possession of those publications or equipment.
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(2) The court before which a person is charged with an offence under section 11 or 12 may, whether he is convicted of the offence or not, order that any publication that appears to the court to be a prohibited publication, an obscene or objectionable publication, and any equipment used or intended to be used for exhibiting, making or reproducing the publications in the possession of the alleged offender or before the court, be destroyed or delivered up to the Minister for disposal in such manner as the Minister may direct.
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(3) Where —
(a)
in proceedings brought under section 11 or 12 in connection with the offence no order is made under subsection (2) as to the publication or equipment; or
(b)
no such proceedings are instituted within 3 months of the seizure,
the publication or equipment shall be returned to the person from whom they were seized or, if it is not reasonably practicable to return it to that person, shall be disposed of in accordance with the law regulating the disposal of lost or unclaimed property in the hands of the police.
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