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(3) No revenue officer shall desert or absent him- self from his duty or be guilty of any breach of discipline or neglect of duty.
(4) Every revenue officer shall on ceasing for any cause to be a revenue officer, and at any time on demand by the Superintendent, deliver up his badge of office to the Superintendent.
(5) Every revenue officer under this Ordinance and every person having the powers of a revenue officer under this Ordinance and every police officer when acting against any person under this Ordinance shall on demand declare his office and produce his badge.
(6) The following shall have all the powers of a revenue officer under this Ordinance: -
(a) the Superintendent;
(b) all police officers;
(c) all revenue officers appointed under the
Liquors Consolidation Ordinance, 1911 or Ordinance under any Ordinance amending or subs- No. 9 of tituted therefor;
1911.
(d) all revenue officers appointed under the
Opium Ordinance, 1923 or under any Ordi- Ordinance nance amending or substituted therefor;
(e) all Railway officials not below the rank of
traffic inspector.
Search, examination and arrest.
No. 30 of 1923.
40. (1) Any revenue officer may board any ship Revenue (not being or having the status of a ship of war) and officer may remain on board so long as such ship remains in the board and Colony.
(2) Any revenue officer authorised thereto in writing by the Superintendent, either generally or for a particular occasion, may search any such ship and may seize, remove and detain anything found in any such ship with respect to which such revenue officer may have reasonable grounds for suspecting that any offence against this ordinance has been committed.
remain on ship.
41.-(1) Every person landing from or embarking Search of on any ship or entering or leaving the Colony by goods and
baggage of land accompanied by any goods or baggage shall on persons demand by any revenue or police officer either permit entering or his goods and baggage to be searched by such officer, leaving the or, together with such goods and baggage, accompany Colony. such officer to the office of the Superintendent or to a police station and there permit his goods and baggage to be searched by any revenue or police officer in the presence and under the supervision of any European officer.
(2) The goods and baggage of any person who ciaims to be present when they are searched shall not be searched except in his presence.
(3) Any person who refuses to comply with any lawful demand under this section may be arrested without warrant by the officer making the demand.
42. Any box, chest, package or other article (not Examination being passengers baggage accompanied by the owner) of articles
(other than which is being landed from or is being embarked on
passengers any ship or has been recently landed from any ship accompanied or is in or on board any ship (not being or having the baggage) on status of a ship of war), islet, landing place, wharf, shore, ship, warehouse or place adjoining any wharf or used in wharf, and
other places. connexion therewith, or which is being removed from