# Protection of Children Act 1978, Section 4: Entry, search and seizure.

Extent: E+W

(1) The following applies where a justice of the peace is satisfied by information on oath, laid by or on behalf of the Director of Public Prosecutions or by a constable, that there is reasonable ground for suspecting that, in any premises ..., there is an indecent photograph or pseudo-photograph of a child.
(2) The justice may issue a warrant under his hand authorising any constable to enter (if need be by force) and search the premises . . ., and to seize and remove any articles which he believes (with reasonable cause) to be or include indecent photographs or pseudo-photographs of children . . . .
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(4) In this section “ premises ” has the same meaning as in the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (see section 23 of that Act).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/37/section/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-children-act-1978/section-4
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