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(c) to enter and search any place and to stop, board and search any vessel, vehicle or aircraft in which he has reason to suspect that there is anything-
(i) with respect to which any offence against this Ordinance or any regulation made thereunder has been committed, or
(ii) which will afford evidence of the com-
mission of any such offence; (d) to examine and take account of anything; (e) to detain anything for the purpose of para- graph (d) and anything which appears to be or to contain evidence of the commission of any offence against this Ordinance or any regulation made thereunder and further to detain any aircraft, vehicle or vessel in which be finds any article which he has reasonable cause to suspect any person is importing or exporting or attempting to import or export contrary to this Ordinance or to any regulation made thereunder: Provided that no vessel exceeding 250 gross tons and no aircraft may be detained for more than twelve hours with- out the consent of the Colonial Secretary,
(2) Any authorized officer may-
(a) break open any outer or inner door of or in any place which he is empowered to enter and search;
(b) forcibly enter any aircraft, vessel or vehicle which he is empowered to stop, enter and search and every part thereof;
(c) remove by force any personal or material obstruction to any arrest, detention, search, seizure or removal which he is empowered 10 make;
(d) detain every person found in such place or on board such aircraft, vessel or vehicle until such place or such aircraft, vessel or vehicle has been searched.
(3) No person shall obstruct any entry, boarding, detention, arrest, search, seizure or removal or ignore any order to stop which is authorized by this Ördin- ance or by any regulation made thereunder: Penalty:
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a fine of five thousand dollars and imprisonment for six months.
(4) In this section "authorized officer" means— (a) the Director;
(b) any revenue officer;
(c) any police officer of the rank of sub-inspector
or above;
(d) any commissioned officer of Her Majesty's
Armed Forces;
(e) such other person as may be authorized by
the Director in writing in that behalf,"
of new
During the continuance in force of these regulations the Addition Ordinance is amended by the insertion after section 9 of the section 9A. following new section 9A-
"Seizure.
9A. (0) Anything liable to forfeiture under the provisions of this Ordinance or of any regulation made thereunder may be seized by any authorized officer as defined in subsection (4) of section o.
(a) (u) Where in any proceedings for the con- demnation of anything seized as liable to forfeiture judgment is given for the claimant, the Court may, if it sees fit, certify that there were reasonable grounds for the seizure.
(b) Where any proceedings, civil or criminal, are brought against the Director or any person on account of the seizure of anything, and judgment is given for the plaintiff or prosecutor, then if either-
(i) a certificate relating to the seizure has been
granted under the foregoing subsection; or (ii) the Court is satisfied that there were reason-
able grounds for seizure,
the plaintiff or prosecutor shall not be entitled to recover any damages or costs and the defendant shall not be liable to any punishment:
Provided that nothing in this subsection shall affect any right of any person to the return of the thing seized or to compensation in respect of any damage to the thing or in respect of the destruction thereof."