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(10) Every revenue officer when acting against any person under this Ordinance shall declare his office and produce his badge of office to such person.

Penalty for (11) Every revenue officer or ex-revenue officer who refusing or refuses or neglects without reasonable excuse to retura neglecting to bis iadge to the Superintendent in contravention of this Ordinace shall be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, or to imprisonment for any term exceeding three months.

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badge.

Powers of police officers.

Search of baggage and goods.

Examination

etc.

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65.-(1) All police officers shall have the powers of a revenue officer under this Ordinance.

(2) Every police officer when acting against any person under this Ordinance shall, if not in uniform, declare his office and produce to the person against whom he is acting such badge as the Inspector General of Police may direct to be carried by police. officers when employed on special service.

66.-(1) Every person landing from any ship or entering the Colony by land accompanied by any goods or baggage shall on demand by any revenue or police officer, either permit his goods and baggage to be searched by such officer, or together with such goods and baggage accompany such officer to the office of the Superintendent or to a police station and there permit his goods and baggage to be searched by any revenue or police officer in the presence and under the supervision of a European officer:

Provided always that the goods and baggage of any person who claims to be present when they are searched shall not be searched except in his presence.

(2) Any person who refuses to comply with any lawful demand under this section may be, arrested without warrant by the officer making the demand.

67. Any box, chest, package, or other article (not of articles on being passenger's baggage accompanied by the ship, wharf, owner) which is being landed or has been recently landed from any ship, or which is in or upon any ship (not being or having the status of a ship of war), islet, landing place, wharf, warehouse, or place adjoining any wharf and used in connexion therewith, or which is being removed from any such ship, islet, or other place, or which is being brought into or has recently been brought into the Colony by land—

Revenue

officer may

(a) may be examined and searched by any revenue officer, and may be detained until any person in charge thereof shall have opened the same to admit of such examina- tion and search, and in default of such opening may be removed by such officer to the office of the Superintendent or to a police station.

(b) may be broken open by the orders of any European officer to facilitate such examina- tion and search, provided that any person in charge or possession of such box, chest, package, or other article shall be afforded every reasonable facility for being present at such breaking open, examination, and

search.

68.-(1) Any revenue officer may board any ship, not being or having the status of a ship of war, and board ship. remain on board as long as such ship remains in the

waters of the Colony.