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(d) remove by force any personal or material obstruction to any such entry, search, seizure, removal, and detention, as he is empowered to effect; and

(e.) break open and examine any postal article found in such house, building or place, or on board such ship.

(3.) It shall be lawful for any public officer who in the execution of his duty shall discover any postal article in respect of which he may have reason to believe that any offence whatsoever has been or is about to be committed to seize and detain any such postal article.

5. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of Exclusive

privilege of section 7 of the Principal Ordinance, the exclusive pri- Postmaster vilege of the Postmaster General under section 6 of the General to Principal Ordinance shall extend to all newspapers brought extend to into the Colony, directly or indirectly, from any country or newspapers place to which the Governor-in-Conncil shall direct that in certain this section shall apply.

cases.

6. Every person who shall contravene any of the pro- Offences. visions of this Ordinance or of section 6 of the Principal Ordinance, and every person who shall obstruct any search, seizure, removal or detention authorised by this Ordinance, shall be deemed to be guilty of a misdemeanour and shall be liable upon conviction either summarily or on indict- ment to imprisonment for any term not exceeding twelve months and to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars.

Objects and Reasons.

The objects of this Bill are (a) to enable searches to be made for postal articles, as defined in the Bill, in respect of which there may be reason to believe that an offence has been, or is about to be committed, (b) to provide that no letters may be sent out of the Colony except through the Post Office, (c) to give power to extend the Postmaater General's exclusive privilege to newspapers where desir- able, and (d) to increase the penalties for contraventions of section 6 of the Principal Ordinance.

A BILL

J. 11. KEMP,

Attorney General.

INTITULED

An Ordinance to amend the Certificates of

Origin Ordinance, 1915.

Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Certificates of Short title Origin Amendment Ordinance, 1915, and shall be read and and con- construed as one with the Certificates of Origin Ordinance, 1915, hereinafter called the Principal Ordinance.

struction.

forfeiture of goods of

2.-(1.) Where the Superintendent of Imports and Ex- Seizure and ports has reason to suspect that the place of origin of any goods imported into the Col my, whether before or after enemy ori- the commencement of this Ordinance, is a place in any gin: 5 Geo. territory which, under any Proclamation issued by His 5, c. 31, s. 5. Majesty dealing with trading with the enemy for the time being in force, is or is treated as enemy country, the goods may be seized, by force if necessary, and may on application to a magistrate be ordered by such magistrate to be forfeit- ed to the Crown.