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s.2
In case of fire Commissioner of Police may take possession of premises and report
Whenever a fire has taken place on any premises, or there is reason to suppose that an attempt has been or is about to be made to set fire to any premises or part thereof, the Commissioner of Police may, if he thinks fit, take possession of such premises and of any other premises where the fire is supposed to have originated, to the exclusion, if he deems it necessary, of the owners and all others; and he shall make or cause to be made, by the police officer in charge of the district or by such police officer as shall be deputed by the superintendent in charge of the division, a full and minute inspection of such premises, and shall forthwith make a written report in detail to a magistrate of the state of the said premises and of contents, if any, thereof, furnishing also all such information touching the origin and circumstances of the fire as he may be able to obtain.