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Weapons
[1984 Ed.
Entry and search of premises and search of persons.
(3) Where any person—
(a) refuses to provide any information required under section 6(2);
(b) makes any statement or provides any information for the purposes of section 6(2) which he knows to be false or misleading in a material particular, or recklessly makes any statement or provides any information which is false in a material particular; or
(c) fails to deliver up any martial arts weapon when ordered to do so by the Commissioner under section 9,
he commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $5,000 and to imprisonment for 2 years.
(4) Where an officer-bearer of a martial arts association or any person acting as such is charged with an offence under subsection (1) or (2) as the result of the commission of an offence by the association, it shall be a defence for him to prove that he exercised such diligence to ensure that the association complied with the provisions of this Ordinance in respect of which the offence has been charged, as he ought to have exercised having regard to the nature of his functions and all other circumstances.
PART III
ENFORCEMENT
11. (1) If a magistrate is satisfied by information on oath in writing that there is reasonable ground for suspecting that an offence under this Ordinance has been, is being, or is about to be committed, the magistrate may by warrant authorize any police officer
(a) to enter at any time any place, premises, vessel, vehicle, train or aircraft, if necessary by force, and to search the same and every person found there; and
(b) to seize and detain
(i) any prohibited weapon or martial arts weapon which he may find and in connexion with which he has reason to suspect that an offence under this Ordinance has been, is being, or is about to be committed; and
(ii) any thing which appears to him to be or to contain evidence that such an offence, or an attempt thereat, has been committed.
(2) A person authorized under subsection (1) to exercise the powers in that subsection, or any of them, may be accompanied by such other police officers as may be necessary for the purpose.