(a) access all books, records, returns, reports and other documents relating to that person, private body or agency, related to the alleged contravention; (b) enter and search, forthwith, the premises of that person, private body or agency, where the premises is being, or is intended to be, used in the commission of an offence as provided in this law; (c) search for and remove any document or other thing that may be relevant to an investigation or may be evidence of an offence; (d) where necessary, take copies of any document or extracts from any document that may be relevant to an investigation; and (e) where necessary, require a person to reproduce, or to assist in reproducing, in usable form, any information recorded or stored in any document or device. (2) An appropriate authority shall endeavour to enable a stakeholder, including the media, to access information for purposes of furthering the objectives or implementing the provisions of the law. (3) Access to premises, documents and information may be obtained, for the purpose of subsection(1), without a warrant, if a probation officer, committee or appropriate authority, on reasonable grounds, believes the delay in obtaining such a warrant would defeat the objective of this section. 46. General offences A person, who is not a child, who – (a) refuses to answer any questions asked for purposes of an investigation or gives an answer which is false or misleading in a material particular or is incomplete; Page 76 of 78

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