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No. 9 of 1911.
Examination of articles on etc.
LIQUORS CONSOLIDATION.
or by any revenue officer in the presence and under the supervision of such police officer:
Provided always that the goods and baggage of any person who claims to be present when they are searched shall not be searched except in his presence.
(2) Any person who refuses to comply with any lawful demand under this section may be arrested without warrant by the officer making the demand.
69. Any box, chest, package, or other article (not being ship, wharf, passenger's baggage accompanied by the owner) which is being landed or has been recently landed from any ship, or which is in or upon any ship (not being or having the status of a ship of war), islet, landing place, wharf, warehouse, or place adjoining any wharf and used in connexion 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-
No search reasonable
(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 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 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.
70. No search of goods or baggage shall be made under except where the provisions of sections 68 or 69 unless there is reasonable cause to suspect that such goods or baggage contain dutiable liquors or denatured spirits.
cause of suspicion.
Revenue officer may board ship.
71. Any revenue officer may board any ship, not being or having the status of a ship of war, and remain on board as long as such ship remains in the waters of the Colony.
[s. 72, rep. No. 6 of 1913.]
* As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.
1882
No. 9 of 1911.
Examination
of articles on
etc.
LIQUORS CONSOLIDATION.
or by any revenue officer in the presence and under the supervision of such police officer:
Provided always that the goods and baggage of any person who claims to be present when they are searched shall not be searched except in his presence.
(2) Any person who refuses to comply with any lawful demand under this section may be arrested without warrant by the officer making the demand.
69. Any box, chest, package, or other article (not being ship, wharf, passenger's baggage accompanied by the owner) which is being landed or has been recently landed from any ship, or which is in or upon any ship (not being or having the status of a ship of war), islet, landing place, wharf, warehouse, or place adjoining any wharf and used in connexion 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-
No search
reasonable
(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 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 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.
70. No search of goods or baggage shall be made under except where the provisions of sections 68 or 69 unless there is reasona- ble cause to suspect that such goods or baggage contain dutiable liquors or denatured spirits.
cause of
suspicion.
Revenue
officer may board ship.
71. Any revenue officer may board any ship, not being or having the status of a ship of war, and remain on board as long as such ship remains in the waters of the Colony.
[s. 72, rep. No. 6 of 1913.]
* As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.
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