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11. (1) Any authorized officer may, subject to subsection (2), arrest or detain for further inquiries without warrant any person whom be reasonably suspects of having committed any offence under this Ordinance or under any order made of direction given under this Ordinance.
(2) Any authorized officer who arrests any person under subsea- tion (1) shall take the person to a police station, or first to any office of the Director and then to a police station, there to be dealt with in accordance with the Police Force Ordinance:
Provided that in no case shall any person be detained for more than 48 hours without being charged and brought before a magistrate.
(3) If any person forcibly resists or attempts to evade arrest under this section, the authorized officer may use such force as is reasonably necessary to effect the arrest.
(4) If any authorized officer has reason to believe that a person whom he intends to arrest (hereinafter in this section referred to as the suspected offender) has entered into or is in any place or premises, any perso residing in or in charge of such place or premises shall, on demand by the authorized officer, allow him free entry thereto and afford all reason- able facilities to search for the suspected offender.
(5) If entry to such premises or place cannot be obtajped under subsection (4) an authorized officer may enter the premises or plače and therein search for the suspected offender and for the purpose of entry of search may break open any outer or inner doar or window of the premises or place.
12. Any authorized officer may
(0) use such force as is reasonably necessary to enter any place or premises which he is empowered by this Ordinance to enter and Bearch;
(b) use such force as is reasonably necessary to stop, board, detajo and search any vehicle, vessel, aircraft, train of tram which he is empowered by this Ordinance to stop, board, detain and wearch; (c) use such force as is reasonably necessary to remove any person or thing obstructing him in the chercise of any power conferred on bim by this Ordinance or any order made thereunder; (4) detain any person found in any premises or place which he is empowered by this Ordinance jo `search until such premises or place has been searched; and
(e) prevent any person from approaching, boarding or leaving any vehicle, vessel, aircraft, train or tram which he is empowered by this Ordinance to stop, board and search until it has been searched.
13. (1) Any person who-
(a) obstructs an authorized officer in the exercise of any power or the performance of any duly conferred or imposed on authorized officers by this Ordinance; or
(6) fails to comply with any requirement, direction or demand given or made by an authorized officer in the exercise or performance of any such power or duty,
commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $10,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
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(2) Any person who knowingly makes a report which is false in a material particular, pr fumishes any information which is false or mis- leading in a material particular, to the Director or to any authorized officer in the performance of his duties under this Ordinance commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $10,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
direction.
14. Any power of giving directions conferred by any provision of Provisions as this Ordinance may be exercised by means of an order applicable to all to order and persons to whom directions may be given under that provision, or to buch of them as fall within any class or description specified in the order.
15. (1) The Governor may pive such directions as he thinks fit. Director And
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(2) The Director and every authorized officer shall, in the exercise or performance of any power or functions under this Ordinance, comply with soy directions given by the Governor under subsection (1)
Governor' direedom.
16. For the purpose of conserving oil, the Legislative Council may Power to by resolution determine that for the whole or part of a year or for any chan Houz
Kong Tanec. period, Hong Kong Time shall be such period in advance of Greenwich Mean Time as shall be specified in the resolution.
17. Section 67(2) of the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordin- Consequentia | ance is amended by inserting after "resolution" the following-
1979.
"under this subsection or under section 16 of the Oil (Conservation and Control) Ordinance 1979”,
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Passed by the Hong Kong Legislative Council this 9th day of May
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This priated impression has been carefully compared by me with the bill, and is found by me to be a true and correctly printed copy of the said bill
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