Chapter XX — POWERS, PROCEDURE, OFFENCES AND PENALTIES Licences and written permissions

Section 345Regard to be had to social or religious usages

Section 345: Regard to be had to social or religious usages

345. Regard to be had to social or religious usages

When any place used as a human dwelling is entered under this Act, due regard shall be paid to the social and religious customs and usages of the occupants of the place entered, and no apartment in the actual occupancy of a female shall be entered or broken open until she has been informed that she is at liberty to withdraw and every reasonable facility has been afforded to her withdrawing.