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(2) Any revenue officer authorised thereto in writing by the Superintendent, either generally or for a particular occasion, may search any such ship and may seize, remove and detain any thing found in any such ship with respect to which such revenue officer may have reasonable grounds for suspecting that any offence against this Ordinance has been committed.

Inspection,

PART III.

Warrants, proceedings, offences, penalties and forfeitures.

69.—(1) In any case in which it is suspected that obtaining of any offence under this Ordinance has been committed

information, by any person, and in any case in which it is

and search.

Search of place with-

anticipated that any such offence is about to be committed by any person, a magistrate may on oath being made before him to that effect authorise by warrant directed to any European police or revenue officer, empower such officer, with such assistants as may be necessary, by day or night--

(a) to enter and if necessary to break into any building or place, to inspect and search the same, and to take possession of any intoxicat- ing liquors, denatured spirits, apparatus or other articles;

(b) to seize and take possession of all books, documents and things discovered in the course of any such inspection or search which may appear to furnish any evidence that any offence under this Ordinance has been or was about to be committed;

(c) to arrest any person who appears to have such intoxicating liquors, denatured spirits, apparatus or other articles, or such books, documents or things, in his possession, custody or control;

for

of

(d) to do all such acts and things as may be

reasonably necessary

the purpose effecting such search,

(2) Whenever it appears to any European revenue officer generally or specially authorised in writing by out warrant. the Superintendent for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this sub-section that there is reason- able cause to believe that in any place there is con- cealed or deposited any liquor subject to forfeiture or with respect to which an offence has been com- mitted or is about to be committed against this Ordinance and he shall have reasonable ground for believing that by reason of the delay in obtaining a search warrant the liquor is likely to be removed, the said officer in virtue of his office may exercise in, upon and respect of such place all the powers men- tioned in the above sub-section in as full and ample a manner as if he were empowered to do so by warrant issued under the said sub-section.

Recovery of fines and forfeitures.

Manner of seizure not to be in-

quired into by court.

70. All convictions and fines and penalties under this Ordinance shall be had and recovered summarily, but proceedings for the recovery of any such fine or penalty shall be commenced within six months after the offence was committed.

71. On any trial before any magistrate, and in any proceedings on appeal in the Supreme Court relating in any of the above cases to the seizure of articles under this Ordinance, it shall be lawful for such

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