64. Prosecution and power to enter premises.

(1) Any prosecution in respect of any offence under this Act or any regulations may be conducted by the Director General with the prior written consent of the Public Prosecutor.

(2) The Director General may—

(a) for the purposes of discharging any of his duties or carrying out any of his functions under this Act or any regulations, or otherwise for any of the purposes of this Act or any regulations, enter at any reasonable time into the registered office of a trade union or any premises or place which he has reason to believe is kept or used for the purposes of the trade union and may carry out such inspection and examination as he may consider necessary; and

(b) where he has reasonable grounds for believing that an offence under this Act or any regulations has been committed, enter at any time, after obtaining a search warrant from a Magistrate, any office, premises or place which is specified in the search warrant, and carry out any search, inspection or examination, and seize or detain any article or document found in such office, premises or place which may be required for the purposes of any prosecution in respect of such offence.

(3) A search warrant under subsection (2) (b) may be issued by a Magistrate to the Director General if he is satisfied upon written information by the Director General that there is good reason to believe that an offense under this Act or any regulations has been committed, and that the office, premises or place to be specified in the search warrant is kept or used for the purposes of the trade union.