National Archives of Zimbabwe referred to in se ction 3 of the National Archives of
Zimbabwe Act [Chapter 25:06].
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Inspections
(1) The Authority may appoint persons employed by it to be inspectors for the
purposes of this Act and shall furnish each person so appointed with a certificate
signed on behalf of the Authority stating that he has been appointed as an inspector.
(2) An inspector or a police officer ma y require a person whom he has reasonable
cause to s uspect is a pers on required in te rms of this Act to possess a licence to
produce his licence.
(3) If a person referred to in subsection (2)—
(a)
is unable to produce his licence on demand; or
(b)
cannot be located at his usual or last-known place of abode o
r
business;
the inspector or police officer concerne d may serve on the person a notice in the
prescribed form requiring that person to pr oduce that notice and his licence to the
police officer in charge of a police station within a period of seven days from the date
of service of that notice.
(4) A police officer to whom a notice and a licence have been produced in terms o f
subsection (3) shall forthwith—
(a)
issue to the person who produced the notice and licence a receipt in
the prescribed form; and
(b)
notify the inspector or police officer who served the notice that the
notice and the licence has been produced.
(5) If a person who has been served with a notice in terms of subsection (2)—
(a)
fails to comply with the requirement contained in that notice, he shall
be presumed, until the contrary is proved, not to be the holder of the licence referred
to in the notice;
(b)
is subsequently prosecuted for failing to comply with the requirement
contained in that notice, he shall be presumed, unless th e contrary is proved, not to
have produced that notice and his licence in compliance with the notice.
(6) Subject to subsection (8), an inspector or a police officer may, at all reasonable
times enter premises—
(a)
of a licensee; or
(b)
which are owned or occupied by a person whom he has reasonable
cause to suspect—
(i)
is operating as a signal carrier or ope rating a signal transmitting
station in contravention of this Act; or
(ii)
is providing any service for which a broadcasting licence is required;
and shall have power to make such exam ination, inspection and inquiry and do such
things as may appear to him necessary for ascertaining whether compliance has been
made with this Act.
(7) Subject to subsection (8), an inspector may inspect at all reasonable times a radio
transmitting station, broadcasting apparatus or premises worked or used by or in the
possession or under the control of a licensee.
(8) The powers of entry and inspection
conferred by this section shall not be
exercised except with the c onsent of the person in charge of the premises concerned,
unless there are reasonable grounds for believi ng that it is necessary to exercise them
for the prevention, investigation or detection of an offence in terms of this Act or fo r
the obtaining of evidence relating to such an offence.
(9) An inspector or police officer may, in the exercise of th e powers conferred upon
him by this section, seize—
(a)
a radio transmitting station which he has reasonable cause to suspect is
being operated by or is in
the possession or under the control of a person in
contravention of this Act; or
(b)
any broadcasting material, book, record or document which he has