TNAG-2555-FCO40-3730-Hong-Kong-Bill-of-Rights-Police-Force-(Amendment)-Bill-1992-1992 — Page 3

Section 50(6) is repealed and the following substituted

" (6)

Where any person is apprehended by a police officer

it shall be lawful for such officer to search for and take

possession of any newspaper, book or other document or any

portion or extract therefrom and any other article or chattel

which may be found on his person or in or about the place at

which he has been apprehended and which the said officer may

reasonably suspect to be of value (whether by itself or

together with anything else) to the investigation of any

offence that the person has committed or is reasonably

suspected of having committed:

Provided that nothing in this subsection shall be

construed in diminution of the powers of search conferred by

any particular warrant.".

(4)

Section 50 (7) is repealed and the following substituted

" (7)

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Whenever it appears to a magistrate upon the oath of

any person that there is reasonable cause to suspect that there

is in any building, vessel (not being a ship of war or a ship

having the status of a ship of war) or place any newspaper,

book or other document, or any portion or extract therefrom, or

any other article or chattel which is likely to be of value

(whether by itself or together with anything else) to the

investigation of any offence that has been committed, or that

is reasonably suspected to have been committed or to be about

to be committed or to be intended to be committed, such

magistrate may by warrant directed to any police officer

empower him with such assistants as may be necessary by day or

by night