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170. (1) It shall be lawful for a municipal office to whom a warrant issued under section 169 is addressed, to break open, at any time between sunrise and sunset, any outer or inner door or window of a building in order to make the distress directed in the warrant in the following circumstances and not otherwise - (a) if the warrant contains a special order authorizing him in this behalf, and (b) if he has reasonable grounds for believing that the building contains property which is liable to seizure under the warrant, and (c) if, after notifying his authority and purpose and duly demanding admittance, he cannot otherwise obtain admittance. (2) Provided that such officer shall not enter or break open the door of an apartment appropriated for women, until he has given any women therein an opportunity to withdraw.
<span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><b>170.</b> (1) It shall be lawful for a municipal office to whom a warrant issued under section 169 is addressed, to break open, at any time between sunrise and sunset, any outer or inner door or window of a building in order to make the distress directed in the warrant in the following circumstances and not otherwise -<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(a) if the warrant contains a special order authorizing him in this behalf, and<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(b) if he has reasonable grounds for believing that the building contains property which is liable to seizure under the warrant, and<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(c) if, after notifying his authority and purpose and duly demanding admittance, he cannot otherwise obtain admittance.<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(2) Provided that such officer shall not enter or break open the door of an apartment appropriated for women, until he has given any women therein an opportunity to withdraw. <br>