Dangerous Drugs Act, 1934

Search warrants.

31.—(1) Where a Justice of the District Court is satisfied on the information on oath of an officer of the Gárda Síochána not below the rank of chief superintendent that there is reasonable ground for suspecting that any substance to which Part II of this Act applies, any drug to which Part III , Part IV , or Part V of this Act applies, or any product to which Part VI of this Act applies is, in contravention of this Act or any regulations made thereunder, in the possession or under the control of any person in any premises, or that any document directly or indirectly relating to or connected with any transaction or dealing which was, or any intended transaction or dealing which would if carried out be, an offence under or intended to be carried out in any place outside Saorstát this Act, or in the case of a transaction or dealing carried out Eireann, an offence against the provisions of any corresponding law in that place, is in the possession or control of any person in any premises, such Justice may issue to such officer such search warrant as is mentioned in this section.

(2) A search warrant issued by a Justice of the District Court under this section shall be expressed and operate to authorise a named officer of the Gárda Síochána not below the rank of superintendent, accompanied by such other members of the Gárda Síochána as such officer shall think proper, at any time or times within one month after the issue of the search warrant, to enter, if need be by force, the premises named in the warrant, and to search the premises and any persons found therein, and, if there is reasonable ground for suspecting that an offence under this Act has been committed in relation to any substance drug or product which may be found in the premises or in the possession of any such persons, or that any document which may be so found is such a document as is specified in the foregoing sub-section, to seize and detain that substance, drug, product, or document, as the case may be.