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Authorized landing places

and points of entry.

Powers of Immigra-

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(d) the Governor may, whether or not any such lastly men- tioned fine is imposed, make an order directing that such person shall be returned as soon as possible at the expense of the owner, charterer, agent or consignee of the vessel or aircraft to the place of embarkation or country of birth or country of citizenship of such person.

(6) A copy of the lists required under section 7 shall be furnished to the Immigration Officer within forty-eight hours after such arrival or departure, as the case may be, by the master of every vessel and the captain of every aircraft, or other person in charge, as the case may be, and by the owner, charterer, agent or consignee of such vessel or aircraft which arrives in the Colony or departs therefrom, and every such master, captain, person, owner, charterer, agent or consignee who fails to furnish such copy or who furnishes any list or copy thereof which be knows, or could by the exercise of reasonable diligence have ascertained, to be false, shall be guilty of an offence.

12. The Governor may, by notification in the Gazette. authorize such landing places or such points of entry as he may consider necessary to carry out the provisions of this Ordinance.

13. (1) The Immigration Officer or any police officer tion Officer, authorized by him in writing in that behalf, either generally or for

a particular occasion, may

(2) detain for a period not exceeding four days for further inquiries under this Ordinance any person concerning whom he has reason to believe that such further inquiries should be made;

(b) arrest and bring before a magistrale any person whom he has reason to suspect of having contravened or attempted to contravene any of the provisions of this Ordinance; (c) search the person and property and effects of any person whom it is lawful for such officer to detain or arrest or who arrives in or is about to leave the Colony:

Provided that a female shall be searched by a female, and that no person shall be searched in a public place if he objects to being so searched;

(d) search any place or vessel (not being a ship of war), air- craft, train or vehicle, in which such officer has reason to suspect that there may be anything which may be

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evidence of any contravention or intended contravention of any of the provisions of this Ordinance, or which may belong to or be in the possession of or under the sole or partial control of any person whom it is lawful for such officer to detain or arrest;

(e) scize, remove and detain anything which appears to be evidence of any contravention of the law or which it is desirable to detain for further examination or which appears to belong to or to be in the possession of or to be under the sole or partial control of any person whom it is lawful for such officer to detain or arrest;

(^)

(2)

seize, remove and detain any vessel (not being a ship of war), aircraft, train or vehicle which such officer has reason to suspect is about to be used, is being used, or has been used for the commission of an offence against the provisions of this Ordinance save that no vessel exceeding 250 gross tons and no aircraft or train may be seized, removed and detained without the prior consent of the Colonial Secretary.

Such officer may-

(4) break open any outer or inner door of or in any such

place;

(b) forcibly enter any such vessel, aircraft, train or vehicle

and every part thereof;

(c) remove by force any person or material obstruction to any arrest, detention, search, seizure or removal which he is empowered to make;

(d) detain every person found in such place or on board such vessel, aircraft, train or vehicle until such place or vessel, aircraft, train or vehicle has been searched.

(3) No person shall obstruct any detention, arrest, search, seizure or removal which is authorized by this Ordinance.

person

14. The Immigration Officer may in the exercise of his dis- Release of cretion release a person detained under this Ordinance upon his detained entering into a recognizance with or without sureties, for a reason- on his able amount recoverable summarily as a civil debt under the entering

into a Magistrates Ordinance to appear before the Immigration Officer recogni- for further inquiries at the time and place mentioned in such (Cap. 227).

Zance.