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8.

Amendment of section 17.

Section 16 of the principal Ordinance is amended

(a) in subsection (1) by deleting "police officer of or

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above the rank of senior inspector and any Crown servant"

and substituting "investigating officer";

(b) in subsection (1)(b) by deleting "Attorney General"

and substituting "Commissioner"; and

(c) in subsection (2)(b) by deleting "police officer or

Crown servant" and substituting "investigating officer".

9. Section 17 of the principal Ordinance is amended -

(a) by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following

"(1) If it appears to the Commissioner,

that there is reasonable cause to believe that

in any place, other than an office, registry

or other room of or used by a public body,

there may be any document or thing containing

any evidence of the commission of any offence

under this Ordinance, the Commissioner may, by

warrant directed to any investigating officer,

empower such officer to enter such place by

force if necessary, and there to search for,

seize and detain any such document or thing."; and

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