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752 Search orders—requirements for making order
(1) The Supreme Court may make a search order if satisfied that—
(a) an applicant seeking the order has a strong prima facie case on
an accrued cause of action; and
(b) the potential or actual loss or damage to the applicant will be
serious if the search order is not made; and
(c) there is sufficient evidence in relation to a respondent that—
(i) the respondent possesses important evidentiary material;
and
(ii) there is a real possibility that the respondent might destroy
the material or cause it to be unavailable for use in evidence
in a proceeding or anticipated proceeding before the court.
(2) The Magistrates Court may make a search order in relation to a
proceeding if satisfied that—
(a) an applicant seeking the order has a strong prima facie case on
an accrued cause of action in the proceeding; and
(b) the potential or actual loss or damage to the applicant will be
serious if the search order is not made; and
(c) there is sufficient evidence in relation to a respondent that—
(i) the respondent possesses important evidentiary material;
and
(ii) there is a real possibility that the respondent might destroy
the material or cause it to be unavailable for use in evidence
Rule 753