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Revenue
officers.
*
No. 10 of 1916.
TOBACCO.
(3) The Superintendent may refuse to issue any export permit until such time before the proposed sailing of the ship on which the tobacco is to be exported as he may consider reasonable.
(4) The Superintendent may refuse to issue any export permit to export dutiable tobacco as ships stores unless the application for the permit is indorsed by the master or agent of the ship to the effect that the tobacco is for ship's use.
(5) No export permit shall be necessary for the exportation of any tobacco which is, without landing or transhipment into any other ship, exported on the ship on which it was imported.
Revenue officers.
39. (1) The Superintendent may appoint such persons as he may think fit to act as revenue officers under this Ordinance and may at any time cancel any such appointment.
(2) The Superintendent may in case of any absence from duty or breach of discipline or neglect of duty on the part of any revenue officer order such revenue officer to forfeit any sum not exceeding ten dollars.
(3) No revenue officer shall desert or absent himself 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;
* As amended by No. 20 of 1921 and Law Rev. Ord., 1924.