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(iii) found on any person found in such premises or place where entry under paragraph (a) is prevented, obstructed or delayed.
(3) No person shall be searched under this section except by a person of the same sex.
24. If a police officer reasonably suspects that an offence under section 13 is being or has been committed in any place referred to in that section or in any street, he may seize and detain--
(a) any gambling equipment found in such place or street or in the possession of any person whom he reasonably suspects of committing or having committed any such offence; and
(b) any money or other property so found which appears to him to have been used in or for or in connexion with the commission of any such offence.
25. (1) A racing club shall use all reasonable and lawful means (including the removal of persons from racing club premises under subsection (2)) to prevent the commission of offences under section 7 on the racing club premises.
(2) A person authorized for the purpose of this section by a racing club may, if he has reason to suspect that a person is committing an offence under section 7 on the racing club premises, require such person to leave the premises and, if he fails to do so, remove him therefrom.
(3) Any person who, having left or been removed from racing club premises after being required to leave the same under subsection (2), re-enters the premises on the same day commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of $50,000 and to imprisonment for 2 years.
(4) Nothing in this section shall affect any other right of a racing club to exclude or remove a person from racing club premises.
26. If in any proceedings under this Ordinance or otherwise on application by or on behalf of the Commissioner of Police, a court is satisfied that any money, gambling equipment or other property, not being immovable property, has been used in or for or in connexion with unlawful gambling or an unlawful lottery, the court may order that it be forfeited to the Crown, whether or not any person has been convicted of an offence under this Ordinance.
(Amended, L.N. 110/80)
27. Any person who obstructs a police officer in the exercise of the powers conferred on him by this Ordinance commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of $10,000 and to imprisonment for 3 months.
Obstruction of police officers.
Seizure of equipment etc. in case of offence under section 13.
Bookmaking on racing club premises.
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(iii) found on any person found in such premises or place where entry under paragraph (a) is prevented, ob- structed or delayed.
(3) No person shall be searched under this section except by a person of the same sex.
24. If a police officer reasonably suspects that an offence under section 13 is being or has been committed in any place referred to in that section or in any street, he may seize and detain--
(a) any gambling equipment found in such place or street or in the possession of any person whom he reasonably suspects of committing or having committed any such offence; and
(b) any money or other property so found which appears to him to have been used in or for or in connexion with the commission of any such offence.
25. (1) A racing club shall use all reasonable and lawful means (including the removal of persons from racing club premises under subsection (2)) to prevent the commission of offences under section 7 on the racing club premises.
(2) A person authorized for the purpose of this section by a racing club may, if he has reason to suspect that a person is committing an offence under section 7 on the racing club premises, require such person to leave the premises and, if he fails to do so, remove him therefrom.
(3) Any person who, having left or been removed from racing club premises after being required to leave the same under subsec- tion (2), re-enters the premises on the same day commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of $50,000 and to imprisonment for 2 years.
(4) Nothing in this section shall affect any other right of a racing club to exclude or remove a person from racing club premises.
26. If in any proceedings under this Ordinance or otherwise on application by or on behalf of the Commissioner of Police, a is satisfied that any money, gambling equipment or other property, not being immovable property, has been used in or for or
Seizure of equipment etc. in case of offence under section 13.
Bookmaking on
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Forfeiture.
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order that it be forfeited to the Crown, whether or not any person has been convicted of an offence under this Ordinance.
(Amended, L.N. 110/80)
27. Any person who obstructs a police officer in the exercise of the powers conferred on him by this Ordinance commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of $10,000 and to imprisonment for 3 months.
Obstruction of police officers.
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