REPRINTS SUPPLEMENT (ACTS) NO. 27 -- SEPTEMBER 14. 1966 933
Ordinance or under sections 161 to 165 or 213 to 215 of the Penal Code or any article or property relating to the Cap. 119, commission of an offence under this Ordinance or under sections 161 to 165 or 213 to 215 of the Penal Code or of a conspiracy to commit, or an attempt to commit or an abet- ment of any such offence and the Director, or such Assistant Director, police officer or special investigator has reasonable grounds for believing that by reason of the delay in obtaining a search warrant 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) of this section in as full and ample a manner as if he were empowered to do so by warrant issued under the said subsection.
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22. In any civil or criminal proceeding under this Ordin- Evidence ance evidence shall not be admissible to show that any such inadinissible. gratification as is mentioned in this Ordinance is customary in any profession, trade, vocation or calling.
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23.—(1) In any trial or inquiry by a court into an offence Evidence of
pecuniary under this Ordinance or under sections 161 to 165 or resources 213 to 215 of the Penal Code or into a conspiracy to or property. commit, or attempt to commit, or an abetment of any such offence the fact that an accused person is in possession, for which he cannot satisfactorily account, of pecuniary re- sources or property disproportionate to his known sources of income, or that he had, at or about the time of the alleged offence, obtained an accretion to his pecuniary resources or property for which he cannot satisfactorily account, may be proved and may be taken into consideration by the court as corroborating the testimony of any witness in such trial or inquiry that such accused person accepted or obtained or agreed to accept or attempted to obtain any grati- fication and as showing that such gratification was accepted or obtained or agreed to be accepted or attempted to be obtained corruptly as an inducement or reward.
(2) An accused person shall, for the purposes of subsection (1) of this section, be deemed to be in possession of resources or property or to have obtained an accretion thereto where such resources or property are held or such accretion is obtained by any other person whom, having regard to his relationship to the accused person or to any other circum- stances, there is reason to believe to be holding such resources
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