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No. 10 of 1916.
Obstruction of inspection or search.
Obligation to give information.
Power of Superintendent to
TOBACCO.
(3) Every such person and his luggage shall be liable to be searched before such person is taken to the police station but only under the supervision of a European revenue officer or of a police officer not under the rank of sergeant.
47. No person shall obstruct the Superintendent or any revenue or police officer in the carrying out of any inspection or search authorised by or under this Ordinance or in the execution of any duty imposed or power conferred by or under this Ordinance.
48. Every person required by a revenue officer to give any information on any subject which it is the officer's duty to inquire into under this Ordinance, and which it is in his power to give, shall be legally bound to give such information.
Miscellaneous.
49.-(1) Every person applying for a permit under this Ordinance shall allow the Superintendent or any person authorised by him in writing either generally or for a particular occasion to take samples of the tobacco to which the application relates.
False statements.
Extracts from records
(2) Every person licensed under this Ordinance and the holder of every permit under this Ordinance shall allow the Superintendent or any other person authorised by him in writing either generally or for a particular occasion to take samples of any tobacco in his possession, custody or control.
(3) The Superintendent or the person authorised by him as hereinbefore provided may select the case or receptacle from which the sample is to be taken.
50. No person shall make any false or inaccurate or misleading statement or apply any false or inaccurate or misleading description or supply any false or inaccurate or misleading particulars in any document required under the provisions of this Ordinance or of any regulations made thereunder or in or in connexion with any application for any licence or permit to be issued under this Ordinance.
51. In all proceedings under this Ordinance and in all to be prima proceedings for the recovery of any duty on tobacco, the production of any copies of or extracts from the records of the Superintendent purporting to be certified by the Superintendent shall be prima facie evidence.