Powar of entry, etc.
recovered from the owner thereof in like manner, in all respects. as a sum of money due or payable to the Crown in respect of a fee is recoverable.
10. (1) Any police officer not below the rank of sub-inspector, and any officer of the Fire Brigade authorized in that behalf by the Chief Officer of the Fire Brigade may
(a) enter, inspect and examine any place or building in which dangerous goods are manufactured, stored or used and every part thereof, at all times by day and by night, but so as not unnecessarily to impede or obstruct the work in such place or building, and may make inquiries as to the observance of this Ordinance and all matters and things relating to the safety of the public or of the persons employed in or about such place or building;
(b) require the occupier of any place or building which he is entitled under this section to enter, or a person employed by such occupier therein, to give him samples of any substance therein;
(c) enter and search any place or building in which such officer may have reasonable grounds for suspecting that there may be anything which, under paragraph (e), is liable to seizure;
(d) stop, board and search any vessel, vehicle or aircraft in which such officer may have reasonable grounds for suspecting that there may be anything which, under paragraph (e), is liable to seizure; and
(e) seize, remove and detain-
(i) anything with respect to which such officer may have reasonable grounds for suspecting that any offence against this Ordinance has been committed; or
(ii) any other thing, which may appear to such officer likely to be, or to contain, evidence of any such offence.
(2) Any such officer may—
(4) break open any outer or inner door of any place or building which he is empowered to enter and search;
(b) forcibly enter any vessel, vehicle or aircraft which he is empowered to stop, board and search and every part thereof;
(c) remove by force any material obstruction to, or any persons obstructing any arrest, detention, search, in- spection, seizure or removal which he is empowered to make;
(d) detain any person found in any place or building which he is empowered to enter and search until such place or building has been searched, and
(e) detain any vessel, vehicle or aircraft which he is em- powered to stop, board and search and any person on board such vessel or vehicle and prevent any person from approaching or boarding such vessel or vehicle until such vessel or vehicle has been searched.
(3) Any authority given by the Chief Officer of the Fire Brigade under subsection (1) may be given to an individual or to a class and may be-
(a) general, so as to embrace all the powers referred to in this
section; or
(b) limited, so as to embrace only a portion of those powers;
Or
(c) particular, for a particular occasion,
11. Whenever there occurs any accident by explosion or fire Report of in or about or in connexion with any licensed premises, the occupier accident by of such premises shall forthwith report such accident, and any or fire.
explosion Joss of life or personal injury occasioned thereby, to the Com- missioner of Police and to the Chief Officer of the Fire Brigade.
12. (1) Any person who contravenes any of the provisions Offences of section 5, 6 or 8 shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a and fine of eight thousand dollars and imprisonment for six months :
penalttes.
Provided that any person accused of having contravened any of the provisions of section 8 shall not be liable to be convicted thereof if he shows, to the satisfaction of the magistrate before whom he is tried, that he did not know the nature of the goods to which the information relates, and that he could not, with reason- able diligence, have obtained such knowledge.
(2) The occupier of any premises who fails to report an accident in contravention of the provisions of section 11 shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine of one thousand dollars.