1988 Ed.]
Dangerous Drugs
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(2) For the purpose of enabling a ship or aircraft to be searched under subsection (1)
(a) the Commissioner of Customs and Excise or the Commissioner of Police may by order in writing under his hand detain a ship for not more than 12 hours or an aircraft for not more than 6 hours; and (Amended, 40 of 1985, s. 9)
(b) the Chief Secretary may, by order in writing under his hand, detain a ship or aircraft for further periods of not more than 12 hours in the case of a ship or not more than 6 hours in the case of an aircraft.
Any order made under this subsection shall state the times from which and for which the order is effective.
(3) Any public officer may seize, remove and detain any thing if he has reason to suspect that such thing is an article liable to seizure.
(4) Any public officer authorized in writing by the Director may uproot, seize, remove and destroy any plant of the genus cannabis or the opium poppy.
(5) For the purposes of this Ordinance, any public officer authorized in writing by the Director may---
(a) enter, inspect and search any place or premises occupied by-
(i) a person authorized by virtue of section 22(1)(a), (b) or (c) or by virtue of section 24(1);
(ii) a person whose authorization as aforesaid has been withdrawn under section 33 and the withdrawal suspended;
or
(iii) a person by whom any such person as aforesaid is employed;
(iv) a person to whom a licence has been issued under this Ordinance;
(b) require the production of, and inspect, any register, record, book, prescription or other document kept or made pursuant to the requirements, or for the purposes, of this Ordinance or any other document relating to dealings in a dangerous drug by or on behalf of any such person as aforesaid; and
(c) inspect any stocks of a dangerous drug in the possession of any such person as aforesaid.
(6) For the purposes of this Ordinance, any public officer authorized in writing by the Director may-
(a) enter, inspect and search a hospital or institution specified in the Second Schedule or any place or premises occupied for the purposes of any such hospital or institution;
(b) require the production of, and inspect, any register, record, book, prescription or other document kept or made in any such hospital or institution pursuant to the requirements, or for the purposes, of this Ordinance or any other document relating to dealings in a dangerous drug for the purposes of such hospital or institution; and
(c) inspect any stocks of a dangerous drug in any such hospital or institution or in any such place or premises.