CAP. 200]
[s. 4 cont.]
8 of 1940, s. 2.
8 of 1940, s. 2.
(Cap. 227).
Incitement to Disaffection.
(2) If a judge of the Supreme Court is satisfied by information on oath that there is reasonable ground for suspecting that an offence under this Ordinance has been committed, and that evidence of the commission thereof is to be found at any premises or places specified in the information, he may on an application made by a police officer of a rank not lower than that of inspector, grant a search warrant authorizing any such officer as aforesaid named in the warrant together with any other persons named in the warrant and any other police officers to enter the premises or place at any time within one month from the date of the warrant, if necessary by force, and to search the premises or place and every person found therein, and to seize anything found on the premises or place or on any such person which the officer has reasonable ground for suspecting to be evidence of the commission of such an offence as aforesaid: Provided that-
(a) a search warrant shall only be issued in respect of an offence suspected to have been committed within the three months prior to the laying of the information thereof; and
(b) if a search warrant under this Ordinance has been executed on any premises, it shall be the duty of the police officer who has conducted or directed the search to notify the occupier that the search has taken place, and to supply him on request with a list of any documents or other objects which have been removed from the premises, and where any documents have been removed from any other person, to supply that person with a list of such documents.
(3) No woman shall, in pursuance of a warrant issued under the last foregoing subsection, be searched except by a woman.
(4) Anything seized under this section may be retained for a period not exceeding one month, or if within that period proceedings are commenced for an offence under this Ordinance until the conclusion of those proceedings, and subject as aforesaid, and to the provisions of this Ordinance conferring powers on courts dealing with offences, section 48 of the Magistrates Ordinance (which makes provision with respect to the disposal of property in the
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