Powers of Assistant Superin- tendents.
Imports and Exports Office to be deemed a police station.
Superintend-
ent may
appoint per-
sons to act
as revenue
officers:
and cancel
such appoint-
ments.
Revenue officers to
have distinc-
tive badge
of office :
and to pro- ⚫duce it when . on duty:
and to return
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(2.) An Assistant Superintendent shall have all the powers conferred on the Superintendent by this Ordinance or any rules or regulations made thereunder.
36. For the purposes of this part of the Ordinance the Imports and Exports Office shall be deemed to be a police station.
37.-(1.) The Superintendent may appoint such persons as he may think fit to act as revenue officers under this Ordinance.
(2.) The Superintendent shall have full power to cancel at any time any appointment made by him of persons to
act as revenue officers.
(3.) Every revenue officer shall be supplied with a suit- able badge of office.
(4.) Every revenue officer when acting against any person under this Ordinance shall on demand declare his office and produce his badge of office to the person against whom he is acting.
(5.) Every revenue officer shall on demand return to the it to Superin- Superintendent his badge of office.
tendent
when
ordered so to do.
Police to
be deemed
revenue
officers:
and, when on
duty in plain clothes, to carry and
produce distinctive badge.
Revenue
officer may board and remain on ship.
Search of goods and baggage of
person
entering
Colony;
either by any
revenue or
police officer, on arrival, or under
European supervision at police station :
on arrival by or under European supervision.
Person whose baggage
searched entitled to be present at search.
Penalty on refusal to
38.-(1.) All police officers shall for the purposes of this Ordinance be deemed to be revenue officers.
(2.) Every police officer when acting against any person under this Ordinance shall, if not in uniform, on demand declare his office and produce to the person against whom he is acting such badge as the Captain Superintendent of Police may direct police officers to carry when on special service.
Searches, examinations, arrests and seizures.
39. Any revenue officer may board any ship (not being or having the status of a ship of war) and remain on board as long as such ship remains in the Colony.
40.-(1.) Every person landing from any ship or enter- ing the Colony by land accompanied by any goods or baggage shall:-
(a.) on demand by any revenue or police officer either permit his goods and baggage to be searched by such officer or, together with such goods and baggage, accompany such officer 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 revenue or police officer or other police officer not below the rank of sergeant;
(b.) on demand by any European revenue or police officer permit his goods and baggage to be searched by such European revenue or police officer or by any revenue or police officer in the presence and under the supervision of such European police or revenue officer.
Provided always that the goods and baggage of any person who claims to be present when they are searched shall not be searched except in his presence.
(2.) Any person who may refuse to comply with any lawful demand under this section may be arrested by the allow search. officer making the demand without warrant.
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