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seize and retain any such document or thing.
(2) If it appears to any gazetted police officer that there
is reasonable cause to believe that in any place other than an
office, registry or other room of or used by a public body or
any member thereof, there is concealed or deposited any document
or thing containing evidence of the commission of an offence
under this Ordinance and that, by reason of the delay likely
in obtaining a warrant under subsection (1), the object of the
search is likely to be frustrated, he may exercise in and in
respect of such place all the powers mentioned in subsection (1)
in as full and ample a manner as if he were empowered to do so
by warrant issued under that subsection.
(3) Without prejudice to any other law relating to entry
and search, the chambers or office of counsel or solicitor shall
not be subject to entry and search under this section or any
warrant issued under this section.
(4) Any person who obstructs or resists the Director or
any police officer in the exercise of the powers of entry and
search under this section shall be guilty of an offence and
shall be liable on conviction to a fine of five thousand dollars
and imprisonment for one year.
Bail from persons about to leave Hong Kong after commencement of investigations.
18. (1) If, in the course of an investigation of an offence
alleged to have been committed by any person under this Ordinance,
it appears to the Director that such person is preparing or about
to leave Hong Kong, the Director, or any gazetted police officer
or public servant authorized in that behalf by the Director, may
apply to a magistrate for a warrant for the apprehension of such
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