s. 146 corporate or licence holder within the scope of his or her actual or apparent authority, the body corporate or licence holder must be taken, for the purposes of prosecution for an offence against this Act, also to have engaged in the conduct unless the body corporate or licence holder establishes that it took reasonable precautions and exercised due diligence to avoid the conduct. 145 Evidence of possession In any proceedings under this Act, evidence that a person occupies any land or premises on or in which any firearm is found is evidence, and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, is proof that that person possessed the firearm. _______________ 146 Warrants to search premises S. 146(1) (1) A police officer may apply to a magistrate for the amended by issue of a search warrant in relation to particular Nos 25/2009 premises (including any vehicle on or in those s. 9(1), 37/2014 premises) or a particular vehicle located in a s. 10(Sch. public place, if the police officer believes on item 63.9(a)). reasonable grounds that an offence against this Act is being or is about to be committed. S. 146(2) (2) If the magistrate is satisfied by the evidence on amended by oath, whether oral or by affidavit, that there are No. 37/2014 reasonable grounds for suspecting that an offence s. 10(Sch. item 63.9(b)). against this Act is being or is about to be committed, the magistrate may issue a search warrant authorising the police officer named in the warrant and any assistants the police officer considers necessary— S. 146(2)(a) (a) to enter the premises named or described in amended by the warrant or the vehicle named or No. 25/2009 s. 9(2).
corporate or licence holder within the scope of his or her actual or apparent authority, the body corporate or licence holder must be taken, for the purposes of prosecution for an offence against this Act, also to have engaged in the conduct unless the body corporate or licence holder establishes that it took reasonable precautions and exercised due diligence to avoid the conduct. 145 Evidence of possession In any proceedings under this Act, evidence that a person occupies any land or premises on or in which any firearm is found is evidence, and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, is proof that that person possessed the firearm. _______________ 146 Warrants to search premises s. 146 S. 146(1) amended by Nos 25/2009 s. 9(1), 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 63.9(a)). (1) A police officer may apply to a magistrate for the issue of a search warrant in relation to particular premises (including any vehicle on or in those premises) or a particular vehicle located in a public place, if the police officer believes on reasonable grounds that an offence against this Act is being or is about to be committed. S. 146(2) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 63.9(b)). (2) If the magistrate is satisfied by the evidence on oath, whether oral or by affidavit, that there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that an offence against this Act is being or is about to be committed, the magistrate may issue a search warrant authorising the police officer named in the warrant and any assistants the police officer considers necessary— S. 146(2)(a) amended by No. 25/2009 s. 9(2). (a) to enter the premises named or described in the warrant or the vehicle named or
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