Adilay powers of amcca under WAITANE.
(6) anything which is, or contains, evidence of the commission of any
such offzace.
issue a warrant authorizing any police officer or any member of the Preven- tive Service to enter such premises or place, or such vessel. aircraft or vehicle, and search for and seize, remove and desin any such article.
(2) An authorized officer may, at any time of the day or night- (a) cuter and search any premises or place named in the warrant; or (b) stop, board and search any vessel, aircraft or vehicle named in the
Warran
(3) An authorized officer may seize-
(a) any article in respect of which he reasonably suspects that an offence against section 4 has been or is being or is about to be committed; or
(6) anything whatever which he reasonably suspects to be, or to coo-
wain, evidence of the commission of such no offence.
(4) An authorized officer may call on any police officer or member of the Preventive Service to assist him in the exercise of the powers conferred by this section.
(5) Without prejudice to any provision in any other Ordinance and in addition to any power he may have under this section, any member of the Preventive Service may seize
(4) any article in respect of which be reasonably suspects that an offence against section 4(1)(c) has been or is being or is about to be committed; and
(5) anything whatever which he reasonably suspects to be, or to
contain, evidence of the commission of such an offence.
(6) In this section-
"aircraft" does not include a military aircraft;
"vessel" does not include a ship of war or a ship having the status of a
ship of war.
7.
(a)
An authorized officer or any assisting officer may-
use such force as is reasonably necessary to enter any premisça ut place which he is empowered to enter and search by section 5:
(b) use such force as is reasonably necessary to stop, board, and search any vessel, aircraft or vehicle which be is so empowered to stop, board and search;
(c) use such force as is reasonably necessary to remove any person ar thing obstructing him in the exercise of any power conferred by section 6:
(c) detain any person found in or on any premises or place, vessel, aircraft or vehicle which he is so empowered to enter and search until it has been searched;
(e) prevent any person from approaching, boarding or leaving any vessel, aircraft or vehicle which he is so empowered to enter and search until it has been searched.
Obstrucion.
B.
Any person who-
(A) obstructs an authorized officer or an assisting officer in the exercise
of any power conferred by this Ordinance:
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(6) fails to comply with any reasonable requirement, direction or demand given or made by an authorized officer or assisting officer in the execution of the warrant,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $10,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
9. (1) Any objectionable article in respect of which an offence under Forfeiture. section 4 has been or is being committed shall be forfeited to the Crown,
(2) Any-
(a) machinery or apparatus used for projecting or showing any auch
article:
(6) machinery, plate, implement, utensil, photographic film or maleria] used for the purpose" of printing copies of any such article; or (c) thing used for the purpose of manufacturing or reproducing any
such article,
not being itself an objectionable article forfeited under subsection (1), shall be liable to forfeiture.
(3) Any article or thing which has been seized by an authorized officer under a warrant shall be taken before a magistrate to be disposed of according to law,
(4) If it appears to a magistrate that any article or thing seized under a warrant or otherwise which has been brought before him-
(a) is an article to which subsection (1) applies, he shall order such
article to be forfeited;
(b) is a thing liable to forfeiture under subsection (2)a), (5) or (4),
he may order such thing to be forfeited.
(5) An order for forfeiture of an article or thing may be made under subsection (4) notwithstanding that no person is convicted of any offence in connexion with such article or thing.
(6) Any article or thing which is ordered to be forfeited under sub- section (4) shall be disposed of in such manner as the magistrate shall direct. (7) Subject to subsections (8), (9) and (10), before making an order for forfeiture of any article or thing under subsection (4) the magistrate shall
que a surmons to-
(a) the occupier of the premises, or in the case of a stail the owner
of the stall, in or on which the article or thing was seized;
(b) the owner of the vessel, aircraft or vehicle in or on which the
article or thing was seized;
(4) the owner of the article or thing seized,
16 appear on a day specified in the summons to show cause why the article or thing should not be forfeited.
(8) In addition to any person mentioned in subsection (7) any other parson being the author of manufacturer of any article seized or a person into whose hands any such article may have passed before seizure, or a person who has an interest in any article or thing seized may appear before the magistrate on the day specified in the summons to show cause why the article or thing should not be forfeited.
(9) If the magistrate is satisfied that any person specified in subsection cannot for any reason be found or ascertained, he may dispense with 1bc issue of a summons to that person.