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(2) Any public officer may

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(a) break open any cuter or inner door of or in any premises

or place which he is empowered to enter and search;

(b) stop and forcibly board any ship, aircraft, vehicle or

train which he is empowered to board and search;

(c) stop any person whom he is empowered to search;

(d) remove by force any person or thing obstructing any

arrest, boarding, entry, search, seizure, removal or

detention which he is empowered to make;

(e) detain every person found in any premises or place which

he is empowered to search until the same has been

searched;

(f) dotain every person on board any ship, aircraft, vehicle

or train which he is empowered to search, and prevent

any person from approaching or boarding such ship, air-

craft, vehicle or train, until it has been searched.

(3) No female shall be searched under this section except

by a female and no person shall be searched under this section in

a public place if he objects to being so searched.

Exercise by police

officers of certain

powers of immigration officer.

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(1) Any police officer authorized in writing by the

Commissioner of Police may exercise the powers conferred on an

immigration officer by section 3(1), section 4(3), (5) or (6),

section 5(1) or (2), section 10(2), section 16(1)(a), section

20(1)(a) or (3), section 23, section 27(1) or section 52(1).

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