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41. Any box, chest, package or other article (not being Examination passengers' baggage accompanied be the owner) which is of articles

(other than being landed or has been recently landed from any ship, passengers' or which is in or upon any ship (not being or having accompanied the status of a ship of war), islet, landing place, wharf, baggage) on warehouse or place adjoining any wharf and used in connec- shore, ship, tion therewith, or which is being removed from any such wharf and

other places: 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 by revenue

officer, and may be detained until any person in officer: 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;

(b.) may be broken open by the orders of any

and may be European revenue or police officer to facilitate forcibly

opened under such examination and search, provided that any European person in charge or possession of such box, chest, supervision. package or other article shall be afforded every reasonable facility for being present at such breaking open, examination and search.

42.--(1.) Any revenue or police officer may arrest Arrest with- without warrant any person within the Colony whom he out warrant

of person reasonably suspects to be conveying or to have in his suspected of possession any opium in contravention of this- Ordinance, possessing and may take such person to a police station in order that, opium if necessary, he may be brought before a Magistrate, to be illegally : dealt with according to law.

and his lug-

(2.) Every such person and his luggage shall be liable and search of to be searched before he is taken to the police station but such person only under the supervision of an European revenue or police officer not under the rank of sergeant.

gage under European supervision.

warrant for

43. Any revenue or police officer, having reasonable Search of ground for believing that there is any opium in any ship ship without within the Colony in contravention of this Ordinance (such opium ship not being or having the status of a ship of war) may illegally proceed without warrant on board such ship and search thereon, and for such opium and may seize any such opium so found seizure together with all implements connected therewith and thereof and shall take the same, together with the person in whose possessor. 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.

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arrest of

44. (1.) Where it appears to any Justice of the Peace, Search of upon the oath of any person, that there is reasonable cause dwelling to believe that in any dwelling house, shop, or other house, shop or ship by building or place, or on board any ship (not being or having revenue or the status of a ship of war), within the Colony, there is police officer concealed or deposited any opium subject to forfeiture or

for opium as to which an offence has been committed or is about to be illegally committed against this Ordinance, such Justice of the warrant. Peace may, by his warrant directed to any revenue or police officer, empower such officer, by day or by night,-

thereon with

search:

(a.) to enter such dwelling house, shop, or other entry and

building or place, or to go on board such ship, and there to search for and take possession of any such opium and of the ship in which the same is found and of any implements in such place or ship; and

(b.) to arrest any person being in such dwelling and arrest of

house, shop, or other building or place or ship, possessor,

in whose possession such opium may be found, or whom such officer may reasonably suspect to have concealed or deposited any such opium in such place or ship or thereabout.

(2.) Such officer may, if necessary,——

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

Powers of officer executing warrant.