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Officers.
25. Excise Officers duly appointed under any Ordinance for the time being in force relating to prepared opium shall be deemed to be Excise Officers for the purposes of this Ordinance, and shall have the like powers, protection, duties, rights, and liabilities with reference to opium under this Ordinance as they have with reference to prepared opium under the said Ordinance. See Ordinance No. 8 of 1891.
26.--(1.) Any Justice of the Peace may, by his warrant directed to any Police or Excise Officer, empower him by day or by night to enter and search any dwelling house, shop, or other building or place, or any ship, not being a ship-of-war or ship having such status, lying or being within the waters of the Colony, in any case in which it may appear to such Justice of the Peace, upon the oath of any person, that there is good and sufficient cause to believe that in such dwelling house, shop, or other building or place, or on board such ship, is concealed or deposited any opium subject to forfeiture under this Ordinance or as to which an offence has been committed against any of the provisions of this Ordinance, and to take possession of any such opium found to be concealed or deposited therein and of the ship in which the same may be found, and to arrest and take any person being in such dwelling house, shop, or other building or place, or on board such ship, in whose possession, custody, or control any such opium may be found or whom the said officer may have good and sufficient reason to suspect to have concealed or deposited therein or thereabouts any such opium.
(2.) Any officer to whom such warrant is directed may, in case of obstruction or resistance, break open any outer or inner doors of such dwelling house, shop, or other building or place, and enter thereto, and forcibly enter such ship and every part thereof, and remove by force any obstruction to such entry, search, seizure, and removal as aforesaid, and may detain every person found in such place until the said place has been searched.
27. It shall be lawful for any Police or Excise Officer to arrest without warrant any person within the Colony whom he reasonably suspects of conveying or to have concealed on his person any opium in contravention of the requirements of this Ordinance, and to take him before a Magistrate to be dealt with according to law.
28. It shall be lawful for any Police or Excise Officer, having reasonable ground for believing that there is opium in any ship within the waters of the Colony in contravention of the provisions of this Ordinance (such ship not being a ship-of-war or ship having such status), to proceed without warrant on board such ship, and search for such opium, and seize any opium so found; and it shall be lawful for such officer...
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Officers.
25. Excise Officers duly appointed under any Ordinance for the time Excise being in force relating to prepared opium shall be deemed to be Excise See Ordina ROT Officers for the purposes of this Ordinance, and shall have the like No. 8 of 1891. powers, protection, duties, rights, and liabilities with reference to opium under this Ordinance as they have with reference to prepared opium under the said Ordinance.
26.--(1.) Any Justice of the Peace may, by his warrant directed to any Police or Excise Officer, empower him by day or by night to enter and search any dwelling house, shop, or other building or place, or any ship, not being a ship-of-war or ship having such status, lying or being within the waters of the Colony, in any case in which it may appear to such Justice of the Pence, upon the oath of any person, that there is good and sufficient cause to believe that in such dwelling house, shop, or other building or place, or on board such ship, is concealed or depo- sited any opium subject to forfeiture under this Ordinance or as to which an offence has been committed against any of the provisions of this Ordinance, and to take possession of any such opium found to be con- cealed or deposited therein and of the ship in which the same may be found, and to arrest and take any person being in such dwelling house, shop, or other building or place, or on board such ship, in whose posses- sion, custody, or control any such opium may be found or whom the said officer may have good and sufficient reason to suspect to have concealed or deposited therein or thereabouts any such opium.
(2.) Any officer to whom such warrant is directed may, in case of obstruction or resistance, break open any outer or inner doors of such dwelling house, shop, or other building or place, and enter thereto, and forcibly enter such ship and every part thereof, and remove by force any obstruction to such entry, search, seizure, and removal as aforesaid, and may detain every person found in such place until the said place, has been searched.
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28. It shall be lawful for any Police or Excise Officer, having reason- Searching of able ground for believing that there is opium in any ship within the ship. waters of the Colony in contravention of the provisions of this Ordi- nance (such ship not being a ship-of-war or ship having such status), to proceed without warrant on board such ship, and search for such opium, and seize any opium so found; and it shall be lawful for such
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