(3) The family and children court may specify the duration of the exclusion order. 35. Enforcement of exclusion order. (1) Any person who breaches an exclusion order commits an offence and shall be dealt with in accordance with this Act, except that the probation and welfare officer may proceed on behalf of the State against the offender. (2) A family and children court may vary or discharge an exclusion order on the application of the person named in the order or of the child concerned. 36. Search and production order. (1) A family and children court may, in proceedings for an application for a care order, on hearing information on oath, make a search and production order authorising the probation and social welfare officer, with or without a police officer, to enter any premises specified in the order to search for and remove to a place of safety, any child whom the probation and social welfare officer believes or suspects is suffering or is likely to suffer significant harm. (2) Before searching the specified premises, the probation and social welfare officer holding the order shall inform the secretary for children’s affairs of the local government council of the area. (3) A child removed on a search and production order shall be produced in court within forty-eight hours after his or her removal. 37. Removal of a child under emergency protection. (1) A probation and social welfare officer, any member of the police force or an authorised person who has reasonable grounds for believing that a child in his or her area is suffering or is likely to suffer significant harm, after notifying the secretary for children’s affairs of the local government council in writing, may take the child and place him or her under emergency protection in a place of safety for a maximum period of forty-eight hours. (2) The probation and social welfare officer or the authorised person may be assisted by a police officer in removing and taking the child to a

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