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Daving of rights and powers of the Crown.
Commence- ment.
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(b.) To arrest and bring before a Magistrate any person whom such police officer may have reason to suspect of buying contravoued or attempted to coutravene any of the provisions of this Ordinance:
(e.) To search the person and property and effects of any person whom it may be lawful for such police officer to detain or arrest, or who may Arrive in or be about to leave the Colony, pro- vided that no female person shall be sourcbed except by a female, and provided that no person shall be searched in a public place if he objects to be so searched :
(d.) To search any place or vessel (not being a ship of war) in which such police officer may have reason to suspect that there may be anything (1) which may he evidence of any contraven- tion or intended contravention of any of the provisions of this Ordinance, or (2) which may belong to or be in the possession or under tho sole or partial control of any person whom it may be lawful for such police officer to detain or arrest:
(e) To seize, remove and detain anything which may appear to be evidence of any contraven tion of the law, or which it may be desirable to detain for further examiuntion, or which may appear to bolong to or to be in the pos- session of or to be under the sole or partial control of any person whom it may be lawful for snel police officer to detaiu or arrest.
(2.) Such police officer may -
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Break open any onter or inner door of or in any such place:
(6.) Forcibly enter any such vessel and every part
thereof
(c) Remove by force any personal or material aberruction to any arrest, detention, search, seizure, or removal which he is empowered to make:
(d) Detain every person found in such place of on board such vessel nutil snel place or vessel has been searched.
(3.) No person shall obstruct any detention, arrest, search, seizure, or removal, which is anthorised by this Ordinance.
16. Every person who acts in contravention of or fails to comply with any of the provisions of this Ordinance, and every person who permits or knowingly is a party to any such contravention or failure, shall be deained to be guilty of a misdemeanour and shall be liable upon couvie- tion either summarily or on indictment, to imprisonment for any term not exceeding twelve months and to a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars.
17. Nothing in this Onlinanco shall be construed as derogating in any way from any rights or powers of the Crown in existence immediately before the coming into operation of this Ordinance.
18. This Ordinance shall come into operation on the 12th day of July, 1915.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 8th day of July, 1915.
A. G. M. FLETCHER, Clerk of Councils.
Assented to by His Excellency the Governor, the 9th day of July, 1915.
CLAUD SEVERN,
Colonial Secretary,
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First Schedule.
Persons to whom section 10 of the Ordinance is to apply.
All persons of non-Asiatic race or nationality and all Indlaus.
Second Schedule.
WARRANT
Travellers Restriction Ordinance, 1915.)
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To each and all of the Police Officers of the Colony of Hongkong and to the Superintendent of Victoria Gaol in the said Colony.
Whereas under the powers conferred upon me by
the Order of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria in Council made on the 26th day of October. 1896, I have ordered
to quit the Colony
Now these are to command you forthwith to arrest the said.
and to keep him in custody until his departure from the Colony.
Dated at Victoria in the Colony
of Hongkong this
of.....
Served on the said
this
lay
191
Governor,
day of..
191...
By me.
(Signature)
(Description)
* I hereby direct that the said
(date or alternative dates).
shall leave the Colony on
by (route or ship or other conveyance)
Dated at Victoria in the Colony
of Hongkong this
of.
tay
.191...
Served on the said
this....
Governor.
.day of...
191...
By me,
(Signature)
(Description)
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