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(a) if the owner thereof is known or becomes known before the expiration of 6 months from the date of the sale, be paid to the owner;
(b) if the owner thereof is not known, be paid into the general revenue of Hong Kong after the expiration of 6 months from the date of the sale.
(4) Notwithstanding subsection (1), if any raft or impoundment and any fish, equipment or other thing to which this section applies is of no appreciable value or of value so small in the opinion of the Director or an authorized officer as to render impracticable the sale thereof, the Director or an authorized officer may cause such raft or impoundment and any fish, equipment or other thing to be destroyed or otherwise disposed of in such manner as the Director or an authorized officer sees fit.
(5) The powers conferred on the Director or an authorized officer under this section may be exercised whether or not any person is or will be prosecuted for an offence under this Ordinance and whether or not any person has been convicted of any such offence.
(Replaced, 18 of 1983, s. 3)
19. (1) The Director or an authorized officer may arrest any person whom he has reasonable grounds to believe has contravened any of the provisions of section 6 or 11.
(2) If any person forcibly resists an endeavour to arrest him under this section, or attempts to evade such arrest, the person effecting the arrest may use all reasonable means necessary to effect the arrest.
(3) Every person arrested under this section shall, as soon as the circumstances permit and in any event within 24 hours of his arrest, be given into the custody of a police officer.
(4) Whenever an arrested person is given into the custody of a police officer the provisions of sections 51 and 52 of the Police Force Ordinance shall apply.
Power of arrest.
(Cap. 232.)
20. Any person who-
(a) obstructs the Director or an authorized officer in the exercise of any power or the performance of any duty or function conferred or imposed on the Director or an authorized officer by this Ordinance; or
(b) fails to comply with any instruction given under this Ordinance,
commits an offence.
21. (1) Any person who commits an offence under section 6 is liable to a fine of $20,000 and to imprisonment for 1 year, and in the case of a continuing offence to a further daily penalty of $500.
Obstruction, etc.
Penalties.
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