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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 17,

Penalty for obstructing authorised

search or arrest.

Power to establish

central

store.

Power to order removal to central store of all

arms and ammunition and to

close armis shops, etc.

Ordinance No. 10 of 1886.

Penalty for

refusing to deliver up arms or

1933.

persons), and their luggage, baggage, and goods, for arms or ammunition, and for that purpose, where necessary, to use force or to break open any cases, boxes, or other receptacles wherein any ammunition or arms are or may be reasonably expected to be concealed.

(2) Every person who is in possession of such ammuni- tion or arms may be arrested forthwith by the master or any other officer of the vessel, and, unless such person satis- factorily accounts therefor, he shall be liable to the punish- ment prescribed by section 29.

24. Every person who obstructs, hinders, or resists, or assists in obstructing, hindering, or resisting, any search or arrest authorised by this Ordinance shall be liable to the punishment prescribed by section 29.

25. The Governor may establish a central store for the safe keeping and storing of all arms and ammunition, and notice shall be given in the Gazette of the situation thereof.

26. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council during the continuance of any proclamation issued under the provisions of the Peace Preservation Ordinance, 1886, by notification, to order the removal to the said central store of all arms and ammunition in the possession of any importers of, or dealers in, or vendors of arms or ammunition, or of such arms and ammunition only as, in the opinion of the Governor in Council, are not in safe keeping or custody, or to order the closing of all shops or stores where arms ammunition are sold, and the suspension of the sale of all arnis and ammunition during the continuance of such proclamation.

or

27. Every person who refuses, after the publication of any such notification, to deliver up any arms or ammunition the removal of which to the said central store has been ordered

ammunition. under the provisions of section 26, and every person who omits or refuses otherwise to comply therewith shall be liable to the punishment prescribed by section 29.

Regulations.

Schedules.

Penalties.

Forfeiture

28. lt shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to nake any regulations or conditions necessary for carrying out this Ordinance, and to revoke, alter, or add to the forms in the First Schedule, or the Table of Fees in the Second Schedule or the conditions in the Third Schedule.

29. Every person who contravenes or attempts to contravene any of the provisions of this Ordinance, or any of the conditions of any licence or permit issued under this Ordinance, shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, and to imprisonment for any term not exceeding one year, and shall upon conviction on indictment be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding ten years: Provided that no charge under section 4 or section 20 shall be dealt with summarily except at the request in writing of the Inspector General of Police.

30. Any arms or ammunition in connexion with which an offence has been committed under this Ordinance may,. with offence. if the magistrate or judge thinks fit, be forfeited.

of arms, etc., connected

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