Sate and forfeiture of
goods
scized.
(2) Whenever the seizure of any regulated product is lawful under this Ordinance, it shall be lawful to seize and retain any book or document which appears to contain evidence relating to such product.
(3) Any person who resists or obstructs any person in the exercise of any of the powers conferred by this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of five hundred dollars and to imprison- ment for three months.
(4) A notification of any authorization made under subsection (1) shall be published in the Gazette.
10. (1) Where a magistrate is satisfied that an offence against this Ordinance has been committed in respect of any regulated product seized under section 9. whether or not any person has been convicted in respect of such offence, the magistrate may, upon application by the Director, order such product, together with any containers seized therewith, to be forfeited to the Crown.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in subsection (1), where any regulated product scized under section 9 is of a perishable nature, the Director may cause such product to be disposed of prior to application being made under subsection (1) for forfeiture thereof, and if in any such case the magistrate who hears the application for forfeiture is not satisfied that an offence against this Ordinance has been committed in respect of the regulated product, he shall order the proceeds, if any, arising out of the disposal thereof to be paid to such person as in his opinion is the owner of the product.
(3) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the Director, in his discretion, releasing any regulated product or any container thereof seized under section 9 to any person appearing to him to be the owner thereof before an order for forfeiture is made, in which case no order for the forfeiture thereof shall be made.".
This printed impression has been carefully compared by me with the Bill which passed the Legislative Council on the 10th day of October, 1962, and is found by me to be a true and correctly printed copy of the said Bill.
(Secretariat FIN17/3231/49)
Deputy Clerk of Councils.
HONG KONG
No. 36 of 1962.
I assent.
Governor.
11th October, 1962.
An Ordinance to amend the Tenancy Notice of Termination)
Ordinance, 1962.
[12th October, 1962.]
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows-
1.
This Ordinance may be cited as the Tenancy (Notice of Shert tille. Termination) (Amendment) Ordinance, 1962.
1. The Tenancy (Notice of Termination) Ordinance, 1962. Addition (hereinafter referred to as the principal Ordinance) is amended by the of new addition, after section 3, of the following new section-
"Notice of
Le mini
extended.
3A (1) Notice of termination given by a landlord under section 3 on or after the 14th day of April, 1962, and prior to the 31st day of December, 1962. shall take effect on the 30th day of June, 1963 or on such later date as may be specified in the notice of termination.
(2) This section is without prejudice to the operation of sections 4, 5 and 6.”.
section 3A. (14 of 1962),
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