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officer and may be detained until any person in charge thereof shall have opened the same to admit of such examination and search and in default of such opening may be removed by such officer to a police station;

(6.) may be broken open by the orders of any European police officer or other police officer not below the rank of sergeant to facilitate such examination 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.

71. No search of goods or baggage shall be made under No search the provisions of the two preceding sections unless there except where is reasonable cause to suspect that such goods or baggage reasonable contain dutiable liquors or denatured spirits.

Cause to suspect.

72. Any revenue officer may board any ship not being Revenue or having the status of a ship or war and remain on board officer may as long as such ship remains in the waters of the Colony. board ship.

73.-(1). Any revenue officer may arrest without Revenue

Warrant--

officer may arrest with-

(a.) Any person found committing or attempting out warrant

to commit an offence or employing aiding or in certain assisting any person to commit an offence cireum- against this part of this Ordinance or the rules made thereunder or against Part III of this Ordinance.

(5.) Any person whom he may reasonably suspect to have in his possession any intoxicating liquors denatured spirits or other articles sub- jeet to forfeiture under this part of this Ordiu- ance or the rules made thereunder or under Part III of this Ordinance.

(2.) Every person so arrested shall together with any article as to which an offence may have been committed or attempted to have been emumitted be taken to a police station.

stances,

tion to be paid.

74. If any search made without warrant under this If an un- Ordinance be unsuccessful and there be no reason to suppose successful that any intoxicating liquors denatured spirits or other search made articles liable to forfeituré under this Ordinance have been compensa- thrown away or otherwise disposed of in order to avoid detection the Superintendent shall repack or cause to be repacked any goods unpacked during such search and shall make good any damage caused thereby. In the event of any dispute as to the amount of damage to be made gond by the Superintendent not being settled within twenty-four hours from the time of such dispute first rising such amount shall be ascertained by a Magistrate and the Superintendent shall pay such amount so ascertained immediately upon production by the aggrieved persoa of a certificate thereof under the hand of the Magistrate.

PART III.

Warrants, Proceedings, Offences, l'enulties and Forfeitures,

75. Whenever it appears to any Magistrate upon the Issue of oath affirmation or declaration of any person of repute that search there is good cause to believe that there are in any build. warrant by ing vessel (not being a ship of war or ship having the Magistrate. status of a ship of war) or plien any intoxicating liquors or denatured spirits or other articles subject to forfeiture under this Ordinance or ander the regulations made thereunder as to which an offence has been committed or is about to be committed against any of the provisions of this Ordinance or the regulations made thereunder, such Magistrate may, by warrant directed to any European police officer or any European revenue officer empower such officer with such assistants as may be necessary, by day or night (1) to enter and if necessary to break into such building vessel or place and to search for and take possession of any such intoxicating liquors denatured

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