601
in ease
of
appointing of an umpire difference, and for two Arbitrators ___
proceeding in ease
of non appointment
by one of the farmers. This
was
needed.
Section VIII. In the Straits Ordinance.
police officers of the rank even
Corporal
cari-
of
search, but here the power
of search is confined to Inspectors. I think with the class of men
we have there is no danger of squeering
"but the working of this Ordinance will have to
ovatched.
be carefully
Section 18. Some doubt was expressed by the Magistrates as to the power of a
Police Constable to arrest
he had.
every
-person
whom
reason to believe was
transgressing the law by having prepared
Opium.
I think section XVIII of Ordinance
9 of 1862 was
sufficiently wide to enable
arrests to be made.
The present section however gives
12
the
power.
to the Excise Officers as well
and settles the doubts. It
necessary had as
was
really
that this power should be
persons
canne
from Masao it
is alleged with quantities of prepared opicum, and this provision is almost identical with section 75 of the Straits Excise Ordinance and corresponds almost exactly with the law on
the subject Force in Saigon with regard to the Opium Farm. There
Conneil
as
was some discussion in
to a
person
in
being allower to