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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 28TH MAY, 1887.
Officer may
take posses- sion of articles found.
Power to break open doors,
May detain persons.
Sundays.
Excise Officers, appointment
of
Arrest without warrant.
Searching ships.
Suspending clause.
be found, and to arrest and take any person, or persons being in such dwelling house, shop, or other building, or place, or on board any such ship, in whose possession, custody, or control any such Opium may be found, or whom the said Officer may have good and sufficient reason to suspect to have concealed or deposited therein or there- abouts any such Opium, and any Officer to whom such warrant shall be directed may, in case of obstruction or resistance, break open any outer or inner doors of such dwelling house, shop, or other building, or place, and cuter thereinto, and forcibly enter such ship, and every part thereof, and remove by force any obstruction to such entry, search, seizure, and removal as aforesaid, and may detain every person found in such place until the said place shall have been searched, and all informations to be laid and all warrants to be issued, and all arrests and seizures to be made under this Ordinance, may be had or done on a Sun- day as well as on any other day.
21. Excise Officers duly appointed under the principal Ordinance shall be deemed to be Excise Officers for the purposes of this Ordinance, and shall have the like powers, duties, rights and liabilities with reference to Opium under this Ordinance as they have with reference to prepared Opium under the principal Ordinance.
22. It shall be lawful for any Police or Excise Officer to arrest without warrant any person within the Colony whom he reasonably suspects, to be conveying or to have concealed on his person any Opium in contravention of the requirements of this Ordinance and to take him before a Magistrate to be dealt with according to law.
23. It shall be lawful for any Inspector of Police or an Excise Officer, having reasonable ground for believing that there is Opium in any ship within the waters of the Colony in contravention of the provisions of this Ordinance (such ship not being a ship of war or vessel having such status) to proceed without warrant on board such ship, and search for such Opium, and seize any so found, and it shall be lawful for such Inspector to take the Opium so found, together with the person in whose custody, possession or control it is found, before a Magistrate, to be dealt with according to law.
24. This Ordinance shall come into operation on a day to be proclaimed by the Governor.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 27th day of May, 1887.
ARATHOON SETH, Clerk of Councils.
Assented to by His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, the 27th day of May, 1887.
FREDERICK STEWART,
· Acting Colonial Secretary.