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Revenue officers.

Ordinance No. 9 of 1911.

Ordinance No. 10 of 1916.

Ordinance No. 30 of 1923.

Examination of articles (other than passengers

accompanied

baggage) on shore, ship, wharf, and other places.

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for the

(5) No export permit shall be necessary exportation of any light oils which are without land- ing or transhipment into any other ship, exported on the ship on which they were imported.

Revenue officers.

38.—(1) The Superintendent may appoint such persons as he may think fit to act as revenue officers under this Ordinance and may at any time cancel any such appointment.

(2) The Superintendent may in case of any absence fron duty or breach of discipline or neglect of duty on the part of any revenue officer order such revenue officer to forfeit any sum not exceeding ten dollars.

(3) No revenue officer shall desert or absent himself from his duty or be guilty of any breach of discipline or neglect of duty.

(4) Every revenue officer shall on ceasing for any cause to be a revenue officer, and at any time on denmand by the Superintendent, deliver up his badge of office to the Superintendent.

(5) Every revenue officer under this Ordinance and every person having the powers of a revenue officer under this Ordinance and every police officer when acting against any person under this Ordinance shall on demand declare his office and produce his badge.

(6) The following shall have all the powers of a revenue officer under this Ordinance: —

(a) the Superintendent;

(b) all police officers;

(c) all revenue officers appointed under the

Liquors Consolidation Ordinance, 1911;

(d) all revenue officers appointed under the

Tobacco Ordinance, 1916;

(e) all

revenue officers appointed under the Opium Ordinance, 1923;

(/) all Railway officials not below the rank of

traffic inspector.

Search, cxamination and arrest.

39. Any box, chest, package or other article (not being passengers baggage accompanied by the owner) which is being landed from or is being embarked on any ship or has been recently landed from any ship or is in or on board any ship (not being or having the status of a ship of war), islet, landing place, wharf, warehouse or place adjoining any wharf or used in connection therewith, or which is being removed from any such 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 officer, and may be detained until any person in charge thereof shall have opened the same to admit of such examina- tion and search, and in default of such opening may be removed by such officer to such place as the Superintendent may direct. (b) may be broken open by the orders of any

revenue officer authorised by the Superin-. tendent in that bebalf either generally or for a particular occasion or of any police officer