Section 26 Power to search for and dispose of firearms and ammunition
If a justice of the peace, or, in Scotland, the sheriff or any magistrate (by whatever name called) officiating under the provisions of any general or local Police Act, is satisfied by iirformation on oath that there is reasonable ground for suspecting that an offence under this Act has been, is being, or is about to be committed, he may grant a search warrant authorising any constable named therein—
to enter at any time any premises or place named in the warrant, if necessary by force, and to-search the premises or place and every person found therein; and
to seize and detain any firearm or ammunition which he may find on the premises or place, or on any such person, in respect of which or in connection with which he has reasonable grounds for suspecting that an offence under this Act has been, is being, or is about to be committed; and
if the premises are those of a registered firearms dealer, to examine any books relating to the business.
The constable making the search may arrest without warrant any person found on the premises whom he has reason to believe to be guilty of an offence under this Act.
A court of summary jurisdiction, or in Scotland the sheriff, may, on the application of the chief officer of police, order any firearm or ammunition seized and detained by a police constable under this Act to be destroyed or otherwise disposed of.