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any such ship, islet or other place, or which is being brought into or has recently been brought into the Colony by land-

(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.

43. Any revenue or police officer, having reason- ship without able ground for believing that there is any tobacco in any ship in contravention of this Ordinance (such ship not being or having the status of a ship of war) may proceed without warrant on board such ship and search for such tobacco and may seize any such tobacco so found and shall take the same, together with the person in whose possession it may be found, to a police station in order that he may be brought before a magistrate to be dealt with according to law.

Search of place or ship with warrant.

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44.-(1) Where it appears to any justice of the peace, upon the oath of any person, that there is reasonable cause to believe that in any place, there is concealed or deposited any tobacco subject to forfeiture or with respect to which an affence has been committed or is about to be committed against this Ordinance, such justice of the peace may, by his warrant directed to any revenue or police officer, empower such officer, by day or by night-

(a) to enter such place and there to search for and take possession of any such tobacco; and

(b) to arrest any person being in such place in whose possession such tobacco may be found, or whom such officer may reasonably suspect to have concealed or deposited any such tobacco in such place or thereabout.

(2) Such officer may, if necessary,-

(a) break open any outer or inner door of any dwellinghouse, shop, or other building or place, and enter thereinto;

(b) remove by force any obstruction to such entry, search, seizure and removal as he is empowered to effect;

(c) detain every person found in such place until such place or ship has been searched; (d) seize and detain any such tobacco found in

such place; and

(e) seize and detain any such tobacco found in any place whatever within the Colony in the possession, custody.or control of any of the persons against whom his warrant has been issued.

45. Whenever it appears to any European revenue place without officer generally or specially authorised in writing by the Superintendent for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this section that there is reasonable

warrant.

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