CAP. 264]
Oil (Conservation and Control)
[1979 Ed.
(iii) for the purpose of ascertaining whether an offence under this Ordinance, or any order or direction made or given thereunder, has been or is being committed in or on the premises;
(iv) if he suspects that there is in or on the premises, any article in respect of which an offence has been committed under this Ordinance, or any order or direction made or given thereunder or which is, or contains evidence of the commission of such offence;
(v) for the purpose of verifying any information furnished to the Director; or
(vi) for the purpose of securing that the work carried on in such premises is performed in such manner as the Director considers best calculated to conserve and make best use of supplies of oil available for the carrying on that work;
(b) stop, board, search and detain any vehicle, vessel, aircraft, train or tram;
(c) require the production of-
(i) any licence or permit;
(ii) any document which relates to the origin or nature of any oil; or
(iii) any book, account or record required to be kept under this Ordinance or any order, direction or requirement made or given thereunder;
(d) examine and take copies of any licence, permit, book, account, record or document referred to in paragraph (c);
(e) take, without payment, such sample of any oil as may be required by the Director for the purpose of examination and investigation; or
(f) seize any article-
(i) in respect of which he suspects that an offence has been committed under this Ordinance, or any order or direction made or given thereunder; or
(ii) which he suspects to be, or to contain, evidence of the commission of such an offence.
(3) No vessel having a tonnage exceeding 250 gross tons shall be detained under subsection (2)(b) for more than 12 hours without the consent of the Director, who may, by order in writing, detain such a vessel for further periods of not more than 12 hours at a time.
(4) No aircraft shall be detained under subsection (1)(b) for more than 6 hours without the consent of the Director, who may, by order in writing, detain an aircraft for further periods of not more than 6 hours at a time.