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Police powers of access.
24 of 1950, Schedule.
Power to apprehend persons
drinking in unlicensed place.
22 of 1950, Schedule.
Power to search suspected premises.
Presumptions
in
for illicit distillation,
etc.
13 & 14 Geo. 5, c. 14, s. 8.
Dutiable Commodities.
69. Any police officer shall have power to enter at any hour of the day or night every part of any premises or place where by the terms of a licence intoxicating liquor may be both sold and consumed.
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70. Whenever any police officer finds any person drinking in any place in which any intoxicating liquor is sold retail, and the licence for such sale is not, on demand, produced to such police officer, it shall be lawful for him to apprehend all persons so found drinking therein; and every such person shall, if such place is in fact unlicensed, be liable upon summary conviction to a fine of two hundred and fifty dollars.
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71. If any person is convicted of unlawfully retailing any intoxicating liquor, the house and premises of such person and the house, lodging, shop or warehouse where such offence has been committed, and any court or yard connected therewith, may be searched at any time of the day or night by any police officer, with or without a warrant, within six months next after such conviction, if the same or any part thereof is then occupied by the person so convicted.
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72. (1) In any proceedings under this Ordinance relating to illicit distillation, any chattel or thing, whether fixed to the premises or not found in or upon any land or other premises, shall be deemed to have been in the possession of the occupier of the premises unless he proves that he did not know, and could not with reasonable diligence have known, that the chattel or thing was in or upon the premises.
13 (5).
[cf. 1 & 2 Will. 4, c. 55, s. 19.]
Free licences
for small stills
(2) Every person found in or escaping from any room or place where, in contravention of this Ordinance, materials are being fermented or fermenting materials or intoxicating liquors are being made or prepared shall, until the contrary is proved, be deemed to have been unlawfully making intoxicating liquor and to be guilty of an offence.
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73. The Director may in his discretion issue a licence free of charge to any practitioner registered under the Medical Registration Ordinance, or to any pharmacist registered under the Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance, to
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