ORDINANCE No. 1 OF 1879 . 1469
Excise ( Opium.)
9. Whenever from any other cause there is reasonable ground to believe that Officer may seize
raw opium under
boiled or prepared opium is manufactured by any unauthorised person or in any special circum
stances.
unauthorised place within this Colony it shall be lawful for a police or excise officer to
seize any raw opium found in the possession of such unauthorised person or in such
unauthorised place.
10. Any Justice of the Peace may issue a search warrant under section 9 of the Seizure under
search warraut.
said recited Ordinance, and such search warrant may be executed by any police or
excise officer and the person executing any such search warrant may seize and hold
any utensils or vessels which have been used or which are manifestly intended to be
used in boiling or preparing opium and in any case where boiled or prepared opium is
found under the circumstances mentioned in the said section of the said recited Ordinance
or any such utensils or vessels as last aforesaid are found, may also seize any raw
opium found in the possession of any person having such boiled or prepared opium,
utensils, or vessels, or in any such tenement, place, or vessel as is mentioned in the said .
section .
11. The Governor may, for the purposes of this Ordinance, grant his warrant in Excise officer.
Warrant of
form of schedule (B) to such agents or servants of the holder of the exclusive privilege appointment.
for the time being as may be approved of by him to act as excise officers : [amended by
Ordinance No. 4 of 1883] and no persons except those so appointed shall be competent
to act as excise officers under this and the said recited Ordinance. Such warrants may
at any time be withdrawn by the Governor and any person without lawful authority
assuming to act as an excise officer under this Ordinance shall be liable to a penalty
not exceeding one hundred dollars.
12. The names and places of residence of every excise officer so appointed as Excise officers'
names to be
aforesaid shall be posted in a conspicuous place at the Police Court. posted at Police
Court.
13. Every excise officer appointed under this Ordinance shall be supplied [ at the Excise officers to
be supplied with
expense of the holder of the exclusive privilege for the time being: repealed by Ordinance No. 4 badges.
of 1883] with a badge bearing such sign or mark of office as may be directed by the
Governor and before acting against any person under the provisions of this Ordinance
every such excise officer shall declare his office and produce to the person against whom
he is about to act his said badge. Every Police officer acting under the provision of Police officer to
produce part of
this or the said recited Ordinance, if not in the uniform proper to his service shall in his public
equipment when
acting as excise
like manner declare his office and produce to the person against whom he is about to officer.
act such part of his public equipment as the Captain Superintendent of Police shall
have directed or may direct to be carried by Police officers when employed on secret or
special service.
14. All penalties under the said recited Ordinance or under this Ordinance may Penalties to be
recovered
be recovered in a summary way before any Magistrate. summarily.
15. In case any boiled or prepared opium or utensils or vessels used for preparing Proceedings in
case of prepared
the same are found without being apparently in the possession of any one, it shall be opium , &c., found
without being
lawful for the Magistrate to cause a notice to be affixed at the place where any such apparently in
possession of any
article one.
may be found calling upon the owner thereof to claim the same, and in case no