(1) Whenever an officer of the judicial police charged with the execution of a warrant has good reason to believe that the person to be arrested has taken refuge in a house, a place not open not to the public, the occupant shall be bound to facilitate his ingress therein.
(2) In the event of a refusal, the officer of the judicial police shall make a report thereof, and before available witnesses, break into the house or place.
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