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(2) Any public officer may
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(a) break open any cuter or inner door of or in any premises
or place which he is empowered to enter and search;
(b) stop and forcibly board any ship, aircraft, vehicle or
train which he is empowered to board and search;
(c) stop any person whom he is empowered to search;
(d) remove by force any person or thing obstructing any
arrest, boarding, entry, search, seizure, removal or
detention which he is empowered to make;
(e) detain every person found in any premises or place which
he is empowered to search until the same has been
searched;
(f) dotain every person on board any ship, aircraft, vehicle
or train which he is empowered to search, and prevent
any person from approaching or boarding such ship, air-
craft, vehicle or train, until it has been searched.
(3) No female shall be searched under this section except
by a female and no person shall be searched under this section in
a public place if he objects to being so searched.
Exercise by police
officers of certain
powers of immigration officer.
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(1) Any police officer authorized in writing by the
Commissioner of Police may exercise the powers conferred on an
immigration officer by section 3(1), section 4(3), (5) or (6),
section 5(1) or (2), section 10(2), section 16(1)(a), section
20(1)(a) or (3), section 23, section 27(1) or section 52(1).
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