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or ammunition, and the port of destination thereof specified by such purchaser.
produce books
14. Every importer of, or dealer in, or vendor of arms or ammunition shall be bound, whenever required by any inspector of police, or by any officer of police bearing a written order in that behalf from the Commissioner of Police, to produce the said stock-book and book of sales for the inspection of the person so requiring him, for the purpose of comparing and balancing the same or for any other purpose, and also to allow the whole of his stock to be inspected and counted by such person.
15. (1) Whenever it appears to a magistrate, upon the oath of any person, that there is reasonable cause to suspect that any person has furnished a false or incorrect return of arms or ammunition, or has failed or refused to make a return, or has not kept the books which he is required to keep under sections 12 and 13, or has kept such books in a false or incorrect manner, the magistrate may issue a warrant to arrest such person and to search any building, vessel (not being a ship of war or ship having the status of a ship of war), or place where the arms or ammunition are alleged to be kept or stored, and any police officer to whom the said warrant is directed may, with or without assistants and using force, if necessary, enter any building, vessel, or place mentioned in the said warrant, and may search for and make an inventory of all arms and ammunition found therein, and may arrest the person named in such warrant and also any other person, who appears to have committed an offence against this Ordinance, and may cause such person and such arms and ammunition to be conveyed before a magistrate.
(2) Any person who is convicted of failing or refusing to make such return shall be liable to the punishment prescribed by section 29, and any arms or ammunition found upon his premises may, if the magistrate or judge thinks fit, be forfeited; and every person who is convicted of furnishing a false or incorrect return of arms or ammunition, or of not keeping the said books, or of keeping the said books in a false or incorrect manner, shall be liable to the same punishment and to the same forfeiture.
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Arms and Ammunition.
[CAP. 238
or ammunition, and the port of destination thereof specified by such purchaser.
produce books
14. Every importer of, or dealer in, or vendor of arms Obligation to or ammunition shall be bound, whenever required by any to police. inspector of police, or by any officer of police bearing a written order in that behalf from the Commissioner of Police, to produce the said stock-book and book of sales for the inspection of the person so requiring him, for the purpose of comparing and balancing the same or for any other pur- pose, and also to allow the whole of his stock to be inspected and counted by such person.
15. (1) Whenever it appears to a magistrate, upon the oath of any person, that there is reasonable cause to suspect that any person has furnished a false or incorrect return of arms or ammunition, or has failed or refused to make a return, or has not kept the books which he is required to keep under sections 12 and 13, or has kept such books in a false or incorrect manner, the magistrate may issue a warrant to arrest such person and to search any building, vessel (not being a ship of war or ship having the status of a ship of war), or place where the arms or ammunition are alleged to be kept or stored, and any police officer to whom the said warrant is directed may, with or without assistants and using force, if necessary, enter any building, vessel, or place men- tioned in the said warrant, and may search for and make an inventory of all arms and ammunition found therein, and may arrest the person named in such warrant and also any other person, who appears to have committed an offence against this Ordinance, and may cause such person and such arms and ammunition to be conveyed before a magistrate.
(2) Any person who is convicted of failing or refusing to make such return shall be liable to the punishment pres- cribed by section 29, and any arms or ammunition found upon his premises may, if the magistrate or judge thinks fit, be forfeited; and every person who is convicted of furnishing a false or incorrect return of arms or ammunition, or of not keeping the said books, or of keeping the said books in a false or incorrect manner, shall be liable to the same punish- ment and to the same forfeiture.
search
Issue of warrant and for certain
punishment
offences.
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