45 Search for evidence of nationality: other premises

45  Search for evidence of nationality: other premises

(1)     This section applies where an individual—

(a)     has been arrested on suspicion of the commission of an offence, and

(b)     has not been released without being charged with an offence.

(2)     If, on an application made by an immigration officer or a constable, a justice of the peace is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for believing that—

(a)     the individual may not be a British citizen,

(b)     nationality documents relating to the individual may be found on premises [mentioned in subsection (2A)],

(c)     the documents would not be exempt from seizure under section 46(2), and

(d)     any of the conditions in subsection (3) below applies, [in relation to each set of premises specified in the application,]

the justice of the

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