13.2.1. A person carrying out an examination or control under section 38 of the Act respecting the Ministère du Revenu in respect of a vending machine operator may require the operator or a person authorized by the latter to open each vending machine he operates to allow him to examine and control the identification of the packages of tobacco it contains. He may also affix seals to a vending machine found to contain packages of tobacco not identified in accordance with section 13.1.
The seals shall remain affixed until a judge of the Court of Québec has granted an authorization under section 13.4 to seize the vending machine and the tobacco found therein or for a period of not more than 15 days if such an authorization is not obtained.