22. Every Excise Officer shall be supplied with a badge bearing an official sign or mark of office as may be directed by the Governor; and before acting against any person under the provisions of this Ordinance, every such Excise Officer shall declare his office, and produce to the person against whom he is about to act his said badge. Every Police Officer acting under the provisions of this Ordinance, if not in uniform, shall in like manner declare his office, and produce to the person against whom he is about to act such badge as the Captain Superintendent of Police shall have directed or may direct to be carried by Police Officers when employed on secret or special service.
23. Any person found committing or attempting to commit an offence or employing, aiding, or assisting any person to commit an offence against the provisions of this Ordinance, may be arrested without warrant by any Police or Excise Officer, and taken, with any Opium found as to which the offence may have been committed, or attempted to have been committed, to a Police Station, there to be dealt with according to law, and any person suspected to have about his person any Opium as to which an offence has been committed against the provisions of this Ordinance may be arrested by any Police or Excise Officer without a warrant and taken to a Police Station, there to be dealt with according to law.
24. It shall be lawful for any Police or Excise Officer to arrest without warrant any person within the Colony whom he reasonably suspects to be conveying or to have concealed on his person any Opium in contravention of the requirements of this Ordinance and to take him before a Police Magistrate to be dealt with according to law.
25. It shall be lawful for any Inspector of Police or an Excise Officer having reasonable ground for believing that there is Opium in any ship within the waters of the Colony in contravention of the provisions of this Ordinance (such ship not being a ship of war or vessel having such status) to proceed without warrant on board such ship, and search for such Opium and seize any so found and it shall be lawful for such Inspector to take the Opium so found together with the person in whose custody, possession or control it is found before a Police Magistrate to be dealt with according to law.
Badge of
Brine Officers.
Persons aiding and abetting offenders may
be arrested.
Arrest without warrant.
Searching ships.
A copy of this permit to
be sent to the Raw Opium
Farmer, by the Harbour
Master.
SCHEDULES.
(A.)
Sir,
Bill of Particulars (Sections
To the Harbour Master,
Hongkong.
Please issue a permit to land from the arrived on
marked as below.
To be landed on
and stored at (godown or shop or house.)
Date,
18
which
chests of Opium, numbered and
at
wharf
Importer.
(B.)
Permit to Land.
(is) authorised
to land from the
chests of Opium with numbers and marks as noted below, and (is) authorised to store the same in the (godown, shop or house) of
at
Date,
18
(C.)
Harbour Master.
Application to Export.
To the Harbour Master.
Please issue a permit to export by
Sir,
chests of
below, on
the
to destination
purchased by me from
Opium, numbered and marked as
18 day of
the said Opium having been
in whose (godown, house
or shop) it is now stored (or the same being now stored in my
godown, shop or house) at
or sold by me to
who is desirous of exporting.
Date,
18
Exporter.
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22. Every Excise Officer shall be supplied with a badge beating aneh sign or mark of office as may be directed by the Governor; and before acting against any person under the provisions of this Ordinance, every such Excise Officer shall declare his office, and produce to the person against whom he is about to act his said badge. Every Police Officer acting under the provisions of this Ordinance, if not in uniform, shall in like manuer declare his office, and produce to the person against whom he is about to act such badge as the Captain Superintendent of Police shall have directed or may direct to be carried by Police Officers when employed on secret or special service.
23. Any person found committing or attempting to com- mit an offence or employing, aiding, or assisting any person to commit an offence against the provisions of this Ordi- hance, may be arrested without warrant by any Police or Excise Officer, and taken, with any Opinn found as to which the offence may have been committed, or attempted to have been committed, to a Police Station, there to be dealt with according to law, and any person suspected to have about his person any Opinm as to which an offence has been committed against the provisions of this Ordinance ay be arrested by any Police or Excise Officer without a warrant and taken to a Police Station, there to be dealt with according to law.
24. It shall be lawful for any Police or Excise Officer to arrest without warrant any person within the Colony whom he reasonably suspects to be conveying or to have concealed on bis person any Opium in contravention of the requirements of this Ordinauce and to take him before a Police Magistrate to be dealt with according to law.
25. It shall be lawful for any Inspector of Police or an Excise Officer having reasonable ground for believing that thero is Opium in any ship within the waters of the Colony in contravention of the provisions of this Ordinance (such ship not being a ship of war or vessel having such status) to proceed without warrant on board such ships, and search for such Opium and seize any so found and it shall be lawful for such Inspector to take the Opium so found together with the person in whose eustody possession or control it is found before a Police Magistrate to be dealt with necording to law.
Badger of
Brim Officera.
Persons aiting and ebettin offenders try
be arrested.
Arrest without warrant.
Searching xhips.
A copy of this permit to
be sent to the Raw Opium
Farmer, by the Harbour
Master.
SCHEDULES.
(A.)
Sir,
Bill of Particulars (Sections
To the Harbour Master,
Hongkong.
Please issue a permit to land from the arrived on
marked as below.
To be landed on
and stored at (godown or shop or bouse.)
Date,
18
which
chests of Opium, numbered and
at
wharf
Importer.
(B.)
Permit to Land.
(is) authorised
to land from the
chests of Opium with numbers and marks as noted below, and (is) authorised to store the same in the (godown, shop or house) of
at
Date,
18
(C.)
Harbour Master.
Application to Export.
To the Harbour Master.
Please issue a permit to export by
Sir,
chests of
below, on
the
to destination
purchased by me from
Opium, numbered and marked as
18 day of
the said Opium having been
in whose (godown, house
or shop) it is now stored (or the same being now stored in my
godown, shop or house) at
or sold by me to
who is desirous of exporting.
Date,
18
Exporter.
279
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