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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, AUGUST 25, 1911.

shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and shall on conviction be liable to be imprisoned with or without hard labour for any term not exceeding two years.

13. On information given before a Magistrate upon oath Proceedings that there is just cause to suspect any person of being for detection

of forged guilty of any of the offences aforesaid, such Magistrate may, dies, &c. by a warrant under his hand, cause every house, room, 54 & 55 Viet. shop, building, or place belonging to or occupied by the c. 38 9.16. suspected person, or where he is suspected of being or having been in any way engaged or concerned in the com- mission of any such offence, or of secreting any machinery, implements, or utensils applicable to the commission of any such offence, to be searched by a European Police Officer, and if upon such search any of the said several matters and things are found, the same may be seized and carried away, and shall afterwards be delivered over to the Collector.

stolen or

14.-(1) Any Magistrate having knowledge of the Proceedings concealment or deposit of any stamps, may, upon reason- for detection able suspicion that the same have been stolen or fraudu- of stamps lently obtained, issue is warrant to a European Police obtained Officer for the seizure thereof, and for apprehending and frandulently. bringing before himself or any other Magistrate the per- 3, s. 17. son in whose possession or custody the stamps may be found, to be dealt with according to law.

(2.) If the person does not satisfactorily account for the possession of the stamps or it does not appear that the same were lawfully purchased by him, the stamps shall be forfeited, and shall be delivered over to the Collector.

(3.) Provided that if at any time within six months after the delivery any person makes out to the satisfaction of the Collector that any stumps so forfeited were stolen or otherwise fraududently obtained from him such stamps may be delivered up to him.

15.-1.) If any forged stamps are found in the posses- Licensed sion of any person appointed to sell and distribute stamps, person in or being or having been licensed to deal in stamps, that possession of

forged person shall be deemed and taken, unless the contrary is

stamps to be satisfactorily proved, to have had the same in his possession presumed knowing them to be forged, and with intent to sell, use, or guilty until utter them, and shall be liable to the punishment imposed contrary is by law upon a person selling, using, uttering, or having in ib. s. 18. possession forged stamps knowing the same to be forged.

(2.) If a Magistrate has canse to suspect any such person of having in his possession any forged stamps, he may by warrant under his hand authorise any European Police Officer to enter between the hours of nine in the morning and seven in the evening into any house, room, shop, or building of or belonging to the suspected persou, and if ou demand of admittance, and notice of the warrant, the door of the house, room, shop, or building, or any inner door thereof, is not opened, the authorised Police Officer may break open the same and search for nud seize any stamps that may be found therein or in the custody or possession of the sus pected person.

(3.) All Police Officers are hereby required, upon request. by any person so authorised, to aid and assist in the execu- tion of the warrant.

(4.) Any person who—

(n.) Refuses to permit any such search or seizure to

be made as aforesaid: or

(b.) Assaults, opposes, molests, or obstructs any per- son so authorised in the duo excention of the powers conferred by this section or any person acting in his aid or assistance,

and any Police Officer who upon any such request as afore- said, refuses or neglects to aid and assist any person so authorised in the due execution of his powers shall incur a fine of five hundred dollars.

shown.

16. Where stamps are seized under a warrant, the per- Mode of pro sou authorised by the warrant shall, if required, give to the ceeding person in whose custody or possession the stamps are found when stampe an acknowledgment of the number, particulars, and amount ih, s. 19. of the stumps, and permit the stamps to be marked before the removal thereof.

are seized,

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