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Forfeiture of arms or ammunition without apparent owner. Power to stop and search for arms in the street. Presumption.
No. 2 of 1900. ARMS AND AMMUNITION.
30. Any arms or ammunition which are found in any building, vessel, or place without any apparent owner may, whether any person is charged with or convicted of any offence in connexion therewith or not, be ordered by the magistrate or judge to be forfeited.
31. It shall be lawful for any officer of police to stop, and to search for arms
(1) any person whom he may find in any street or other public place between the hours of 6 p.m. and 6 a.m.; and
(2) any person whom he may find in any street or other public place; at any hour of the day or night, who acts in a suspicious manner, or whom he may suspect of having any arms in his possession.
32. Every person who is proved to have had in his possession or under his control anything whatever containing any arms or ammunition, shall, until the contrary is proved, be deemed to have been in possession of such arms or ammunition.
HONGKONG.
FIRST SCHEDULE.
FORM NO. 1.
APPLICATION FOR EXPORT PERMIT.
The Arms and Ammunition Ordinance, 1900, Section 5.
To the Captain Superintendent of Police.
[s. 27.]
[s. 5.]
Please issue a permit for the export of the under-mentioned arms and ammunition now stored at
on board the
at anchor at
Street, to be shipped on
named the
at present at
and about to proceed to
The period for which this permit is desired is
days and it will be returned, together with the master's or mate's receipt for all the arms and ammunition named below, to [person] at [place] on or before o'clock in the noon of the day of
19
[Particulars of arms and ammunition.]
Dated the day of
(Signed.)
19"
Licensed dealer in arms
[or as the case may be].
* As amended by No. 8 of 1919, No. 4 of 1923 and No. 10 of 1923. † As amended by No. 10 of 1923.