7 Powers of search, forfeiture, etc
Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 (1981 c 45) | Legislation

7  Powers of search, forfeiture, etc

(1)     If it appears to a justice of the peace, from information given him on oath, that there is reasonable cause to believe that a person has in his custody or under his control—

(a)     any thing which he or another has used, whether before or after the coming into force of this Act, or intends to use, for the making of any false instrument or copy of a false instrument, in contravention of section 1 or 2 above; or

(b)     any false instrument or copy of a false instrument

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