CHAPTER 7 OFFICIALS

CHAPTER 7 OFFICIALS

Section 67. For the purpose of performing duties under this Act, a competent official shall be an official under the Penal Code and shall have the powers and duties as follows :

(1) to enter a building, office, factory or warehouse of any person during sunrise and sunset or during working hours of such place or to enter a vehicle for the purposes of searching for the merchandise or examining, when there is a reasonable doubt that an offence pursuant to this Act is committed,

(2) to seize or to attach documents or materials relating to the offence for the purpose of proceeding a litigation, when there is a reasonable doubt that an offence pursuant to this Act is committed,

(3) to order any person to give statements or to furnish accounts, documents or other evidences when there is a reasonable ground to believe that such statements, accounts, documents or evidences shall be useful for the finding of evidence or the use as evidence for proving the offence pursuant to this Act.

Any person concerned shall provide suitable assistance to the competent official on duty.

Section 68. The competent official shall produce to the persons concerned their identification.

The identification shall be in accordance with the form prescribed by the Minister.

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