41. Any box, chest, package or other article (not being Examination passengers' luggage areompanie by the owner) which is of articles being landed or has been recently landed from any ship, (other than or which is in or upon any ship (not being or having passengers' the status of a ship of war), islet, landing place, wharf, baggage) ou accompanied warehouse or place adjoining any wharf and used in connee- shore, ship, tion therewith, or which is being removed from any such wharf, and ship, islet or other place, or which is being brought into other places: or has recently been brought into the Colony by land :---
(a.) may be examined and searched by any revenue by revenue officer, and may be detained until any person in officer:
charge thereof shall have opened the same to
admit of such examination and search, and in default of such opening may be removed by such officer to a police station;
(b.) may be broken open by the orders of any and may be
European revenue or police officer to facilitate forcibly such examination and search, provided that any opened under person in charge or possession of such box, chest, European package or other article shall be afforded every supervision. reasonable facility for being present at such breaking open, examination and search.
42.-(1.) Any revenne or police officer may arrest Arrest with- without warrant any person within the Colony whom he out warrant reasonably suspects to be conveying or to have in his of person possession any opium in contravention of this Ordinance, suspected of and may take such person to a police station in order that, opium
possessing if necessary, he may be brought before a Magistrate, to be illegally: dealt with according to law.
(2.) Every such person and his luggage shall be liable and search of to be searched before he is taken to the police station but such person only under the supervision of an European revenue or and bis lug- police officer not under the rank of sergeant.
gage under European supervision.
43. Any revenue or police officer, having reasonable Search of ground for believing that there any opium in any ship ship without within the Colony in contravention of this Ordinance (such warrant for ship not being or having the status of a ship of war) may opium proceed without warrant on board such ship and search legally for such opium and may seize any such opium so found thereon, and
seizure
together with all implements connected therewith and thereof, and shall take the same, together with the person in whose arrest of possession it may be found, to a police station in order possessor. that he may be brought before a Magistrate, to be dealt with according to law.
44.--(1.) Where it appears to any Justice of the Peace, Search of upon the oath of any person, that there is reasonable cause dwelling to believe that in any dwelling house, shop, or other house, shop, building or place, or on board any ship (not being or having or ship by the status of a ship of war), within the Colony, there is revenue or concealed or deposited any opium subject to forfeiture or for opium
police officer as to which an offence has been committed or is about to be illegally committed against this Ordinance, such Justice of the thereon with Peace may, by his warrant directed to any revenue or police warrant. officer, empower such officer, by day or by night,-
(a.) to enter such dwelling house, shop, or other entry and
building or place, or to go on board such ship, search: and there to search for and take possession of
any such opium and of the ship in which the same is found and of any implements in such place or ship; and
(b) to arrest any person being in such dwelling and arrest of
house, shop, or other building or place or ship, possessor.
in whose possession such opium may be found,
or whom such officer may reasonably suspect to have concealed or deposited any such opium in such place or ship or thereabout.
(2.) Such officer may, if necessary,-
Powers of
(a.) break open any outer or inner door of such officer
dwelling house, shop, or other building or place, warrant.
executing and enter thereinto;