Maritime Security Act 2004
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6.—(1) A member of the Garda Síochána or Defence Forces may search without warrant a ship or fixed platform on which the member, with reasonable cause, believes— | |
(a) that an offence under section 2 has been committed, or | ||
(b) that a person who has committed such an offence is on the ship or fixed platform, | ||
and may— | ||
(i) remove any object which the member believes is related to such an offence, and | ||
(ii) remove or take copies of any records or extracts from records which may be so related. | ||
(2) A person who obstructs or attempts to obstruct a member of the Garda Síochána or Defence Forces while searching a ship or fixed platform is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding €3,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or both. | ||
(3) Such a member may arrest without warrant any person who is committing an offence under subsection (2). | ||
(4) In subsection (1)(ii) “records” includes information in nonlegible form which is capable of being converted into legible form. |