1964_WEAPONS_ORDINANCE — Page 8

1984 Ed.]

Weapons

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(3) No person shall be searched under this section or under section 12 except by a person of the same sex.

12. (1) For the purposes of this Ordinance--

(a) a police officer may stop and search any person and search the property of any person if-

(i) the officer has reason to suspect that the person has any prohibited weapon or martial arts weapon in his possession; or

(ii) the person is found in any place, premises, vessel, vehicle, train or aircraft in which any prohibited weapon or martial arts weapon is found; and

(b) a member of the Customs and Excise Service may stop and search any person and search the property of any person if the person is arriving in or about to depart from Hong Kong and-

(i) the member has reason to suspect that the person has any prohibited weapon in his possession; or

(ii) the person is found in any place, premises, vessel, vehicle, train or aircraft in which any prohibited weapon is found.

(2) On any such occasion-

(a) a police officer may seize and detain any prohibited weapon or martial arts weapon; and

(b) a member of the Customs and Excise Service may seize and detain any prohibited weapon.

and, in either case, any thing provided in section 11(1)(b)(ii) which relates to the type of weapon authorized to be seized and detained under this subsection.

13. (1) A police officer may at any time seize, remove and detain any prohibited weapon or martial arts weapon if he has reason to suspect that an offence under this Ordinance is being or has been committed in respect thereof or that the weapon has been abandoned.

(2) Upon the conviction of any person for an offence under section 4 or 10, the prohibited weapon or martial arts weapon in respect of which the offence was committed shall, without any order in that behalf, be forfeited to the Crown and may be disposed of (whether by destruction or otherwise) by the Commissioner.

14. A person who obstructs a police officer or member of the Customs and Excise Service in the exercise of any power conferred on him by section 11, 12 or 13 commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $3,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months.

Power to stop and search.

Seizure and forfeiture.

Obstruction.

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