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EXPLOSIVES ACT 1875 - SECT 73

73. Where any of the following officersnamely, any Government inspector, or
any constable, or any officer of the [harbour authority], if such constable or
officer is specially authorised either (a) by a warrant of a justice (which
warrant such justice may grant upon reasonable ground being assigned on oath),
or (b) (where it appears to a superintendent or other officer of police of
equal or superior rank, or to a Government inspector, that the case is one of
emergency and that the delay in obtaining a warrant would be likely to
endanger life,) by a written order from such superintendent, officer, or
inspectorhas reasonable cause to believe that any offence has been or is being
committed with respect to an explosive in any place (whether a building or
not, or a carriage, boat, or ship), or that any explosive is in any such place
in contravention of this Act, or that the provisions of this Act are not duly
observed in any such place, such officer may, on producing, if demanded, in
the case of a Government inspector a copy of his appointment, and in the case
of any other officer his authority, enter at any time, and if needs be by
force, and as well on Sunday as on other days, the said place, and every part
thereof, and examine the same, and search for explosives therein, and take
samples of any explosive and ingredient of an explosive therein, and any
substance reasonably supposed to be an explosive, or such ingredient which may
be found therein.

Any person who, by himself or by others, fails to admit into any place
occupied by or under the control of such person any officer demanding to enter
in pursuance of this section, or in any way obstructs such officer in the
execution of his duty under this section, shall be liable to a penalty not
exceeding [three hundred pounds or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding
six months, or to both such penalty and imprisonment], and shall also be
liable to forfeit all explosives, and ingredients thereof, which are at the
time of the offence in his possession or under his control at the said place.

Where a constable or officer of the [harbour authority] specially authorised
by written authority other than a warrant of a justice of the peace, enters
and searches as above provided, a special report in writing of every act done
by such constable or officer in pursuance of that authority, and of the
grounds on which it is done, shall be forthwith sent by the person by whom or
under whose authority it was done to the Secretary of State.

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