Ships failing to bring to. 15 & 16 Geo. 61 Eliz. 2. c. 44. *. 78.
Search of place or skip with warrant or authority or by police officer.
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13. The master of any ship not exceeding two hundred and fifty tons net register in the waters of this Colony who shall refuse to stop and receive any member of the Preventive Service on board such ship or who shall refuse or neglect, to bring his ship to when bailed by a member of the Preventive Service in charge of any ship employed in the service of the Government of this Colony having displayed the customary flag or having exhibited or made a recognition signal shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine of five thousand dollars in ¦ addition to any other penalty to which he may be liable under the provisions of this Ordinance.
14. (1) Where it appears to any magistrate upon the oath of any person that there is reasonable cause to believe that in any place or any premises there are concealed or deposited any goods subject to forfeiture under this Ordinance, or with respect to which an offence has been committed or is about to be committed against the provisions of this Ordinance, and any regulations made thereunder, the magistrate may, by his warrant directed to any member of the Preventive Service or to any police officer, empower such member or officer by day or by night-
(a) to enter the place or the premises named in the warrant and there to search for and scize, remove and detain any such goods; and
(b) to arrest any person being in such place or in such premisca in whose possession such goods may be found, or whom such member or officer may reasonably suspect of having concealed or deposited any such goods there or thereabout.
(2) Such member or officer may, if necessary-
(a) break open any outer or inner door of the place or the premises
and enter thereinto;
(b) forcibly enter the place or the premises and every part thereof. (c) remove by force any obstruction to such entry, search, seizure
and removal as he is empowered to effect;
(d) detain every person found in such place or such premises, and prevent every person from approaching or entering the same, until the search is complete:
(e) seize, remove and detain any such goods, whether in such place or such premises or in any place whatever within this Colony, in the possession, custody or control of any of the persons against whom bis warrant has been issued.
(3) Whenever it appears to any member of the Preventive Service generally or specially authorized in writing by the Commissioner for the purposes of this section, or to any police officer not below the
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rank of inspector, that there is reasonable cause to believe that in any place or any premises there are concealed or deposited goods liable to forfeiture under this Ordinance, or with respect to which an offence has been committed or is about to be committed against this Ordinance, and be bas reasonable ground for believing that unless the place or the premises are searched forthwith the goods are likely to be removed. the said officer in virtue of his office may exercise in, upon and in respect of such place or such premises all the powers mentioned in this section as if he were empowered to do so by warrant.
(4) For the purposes of this section, “premises” includes any ship. vehicle, train or aircraft.
15. (1) Whenever it is lawful under this Ordinance for a member Seizure of of the Preventive Service or a police officer to seize any goods. it shall things used
for com be lawful for bim in a like manner to seize--
(a) any receptacle in which the goods are contained; (6) any ship not exceeding two hundred and fifty tons net register or any vehicle or aircraft not being a public transport or state aircraft in which the goods are found;
(c) any machinery, implement, utensil or material used or intended to be used for the commission of an offence against this Ordinance; and
(d) anything which may appear to be or to contain evidence that any offence against this Ordinance or any regulations made thereunder has been or is about to be committed,
(2) For the purposes of this section "public transport" in relation to "vehicle" shall mean "taxis" or "public omnibuses" as defined in subsection (2) of section 2 of the Road Traffic Ordinance, 1957.
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16. No person shall-
mission of offences.
(39 of 1997).
Obstruction of member of the
(a) delay, obstruct, hinder or molest any person duly engaged in
the performance of any duty or in the exercise of any power Preventive imposed or conferred on him by or under this Ordinance and Service or
police officer. any regulations made thereunder or any person acting in his aid: or
(b) rescue, damage or destroy any thing so liable to forfeiture or do anything calculated to prevent the procuring or giving of evidence as to whether or not any thing is so liable to forfeiture: or
(2) fail to produce any licence, permit, book or document which he is required by or in pursuance of this Ordinance to produce;
Or
(d) fail to comply with the requisition of any person duly engaged in the performance of any duty or the exercise of any power under this Ordinance.