24Entry, inspection and seizure by police

24 Entry, inspection and seizure by police

(1) A police officer may at any time enter and inspect the premises of a club to ensure that a game of chance is not being conducted or played on those premises in contravention of this Ordinance. (2) A police officer may: (a) require a member of the committee of a club, the person for the time being in charge of the premises of the club or a member permitted to use licensed premises of the club for the conduct of games of chance to produce: (i) any document, book, account or writing relating to games of chance conducted on licensed premises of the club; and (ii) any gambling implement used on those premises; (b) inspect any of those documents, books, accounts, writings or gambling implements; (c) make copies of, or take extracts from, any of those documents, books, accounts or writings; and (d) seize and retain any document, book, account, writing or gambling implement used in relation to a game of chance which he has reasonable grounds for believing has been conducted or played in contravention of this Ordinance. (3) Any document, book, account, writing or gambling implement seized and retained under paragraph (2)(d) shall be returned: (a) if proceedings for an offence against this Ordinance are instituted within 28 days after such seizure—on completion of those proceedings unless otherwise ordered by the Court; or (b) in any other case—on the expiration of 28 days after such seizure.