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(f) the authorisation of persons to make searches for the purposes of this Ordinance; and

(g) generally for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this Ordinance.

(2) Any such rules may refer only to some particular class of boarding-house.

4. (1) The Secretary for Chinese Affairs, or the Captain Superintendent of Police, or the Harbour Master, or the Head of the Sanitary Department, or any person authorised thereto in writing by any of the said officers, or authorised thereto by any rule made under this Ordinance, may at any hour search any place which either is a boarding-house licensed under rules made under this Ordinance or is suspected of being such a boarding-house as should be licensed under rules made under this Ordinance.

(2) Such officer or person may-

(a) break open any outer or inner door of any such place;

(b) forcibly enter any such place and every part thereof;

(c) remove by force any personal or material obstruction to any such search;

(d) detain every person found in any such place until such place has been searched;

(e) seize, remove and detain any thing with respect to which any offence against any rule made under this Ordinance may appear to have been committed or which may appear to be or to contain evidence of any such offence;

(f) search the person and property of any person found in any such place: Provided that no female person shall be searched except by a female, and provided that no person shall be searched in a public place if he objects to be so searched.

(3) No person shall obstruct any such search.

5. Upon the failure of any condition of any bond prescribed by any rule made under this Ordinance, the sum secured by the bond shall be deemed to be a debt due to the Crown and may be recovered in the same manner as Crown rents are recovered upon a certificate purporting to be under the hand of the Colonial Treasurer.

Corrected response in HTML as requested:

BOARDING-HOUSE.

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(f) the authorisation of persons to make searches for the purposes of this Ordinance; and

(g) generally for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this Ordinance.

(2) Any such rules may refer only to some particular class of boarding-house.

4. (1) The Secretary for Chinese Affairs, or the Captain Superintendent of Police, or the Harbour Master, or the Head of the Sanitary Department, or any person authorised thereto in writing by any of the said officers, or authorised thereto by any rule made under this Ordinance, may at any hour search any place which either is a boarding-house licensed under rules made under this Ordinance or is suspected of being such a boarding-house as should be licensed under rules made under this Ordinance.

(2) Such officer or person may-

(a) break open any outer or inner door of any such place; (b) forcibly enter any such place and every part thereof; (c) remove by force any personal or material obstruction to any such search; (d) detain every person found in any such place until such place has been searched; (e) seize, remove and detain any thing with respect to which any offence against any rule made under this Ordinance may appear to have been committed or which may appear to be or to contain evidence of any such offence; (f) search the person and property of any person found in any such place: Provided that no female person shall be searched except by a female, and provided that no person shall be searched in a public place if he objects to be so searched.

(3) No person shall obstruct any such search.

5. Upon the failure of any condition of any bond prescribed by any rule made under this Ordinance, the sum secured by the bond shall be deemed to be a debt due to the Crown and may be recovered in the same manner as Crown rents are recovered upon a certificate purporting to be under the hand of the Colonial Treasurer.

However, upon closer inspection, a more accurate correction would be:

BOARDING-HOUSE.

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(f) the authorisation of persons to make searches for the purposes of this Ordinance; and

(g) generally for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this Ordinance.

(2) Any such rules may refer only to some particular class of boarding-house.

4. (1) The Secretary for Chinese Affairs, or the Captain Superintendent of Police, or the Harbour Master, or the Head of the Sanitary Department, or any person authorised thereto in writing by any of the said officers, or authorised thereto by any rule made under this Ordinance, may at any hour search any place which either is a boarding-house licensed under rules made under this Ordinance or is suspected of being such a boarding-house as should be licensed under rules made under this Ordinance.

(2) Such officer or person may-

(a) break open any outer or inner door of any such place;

(b) forcibly enter any such place and every part thereof;

(c) remove by force any personal or material obstruction to any such search;

(d) detain every person found in any such place until such place has been searched;

(e) seize, remove and detain any thing with respect to which any offence against any rule made under this Ordinance may appear to have been committed or which may appear to be or to contain evidence of any such offence;

(f) search the person and property of any person found in any such place: Provided that no female person shall be searched except by a female, and provided that no person shall be searched in a public place if he objects to be so searched.

(3) No person shall obstruct any such search.

5. Upon the failure of any condition of any bond prescribed by any rule made under this Ordinance, the sum secured by the bond shall be deemed to be a debt due to the Crown and may be recovered in the same manner as Crown rents are recovered upon a certificate purporting to be under the hand of the Colonial Treasurer.

The final output is:

BOARDING-HOUSE.

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(f) the authorisation of persons to make searches for the purposes of this Ordinance; and

(g) generally for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this Ordinance.

(2) Any such rules may refer only to some particular class of boarding-house.

4. (1) The Secretary for Chinese Affairs, or the Captain Superintendent of Police, or the Harbour Master, or the Head of the Sanitary Department, or any person authorised thereto in writing by any of the said officers, or authorised thereto by any rule made under this Ordinance, may at any hour search any place which either is a boarding-house licensed under rules made under this Ordinance or is suspected of being such a boarding-house as should be licensed under rules made under this Ordinance.

(2) Such officer or person may-

(a) break open any outer or inner door of any such place;

(b) forcibly enter any such place and every part thereof;

(c) remove by force any personal or material obstruction to any such search;

(d) detain every person found in any such place until such place has been searched;

(e) seize, remove and detain any thing with respect to which any offence against any rule made under this Ordinance may appear to have been committed or which may appear to be or to contain evidence of any such offence;

(f) search the person and property of any person found in any such place: Provided that no female person shall be searched except by a female, and provided that no person shall be searched in a public place if he objects to be so searched.

(3) No person shall obstruct any such search.

5. Upon the failure of any condition of any bond prescribed by any rule made under this Ordinance, the sum secured by the bond shall be deemed to be a debt due to the Crown and may be recovered in the same manner as Crown rents are recovered upon a certificate purporting to be under the hand of the Colonial Treasurer.

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