Hong Kong Ordinances

OZONE LAYER PROTECTION ORDINANCE - SECT 12

Ancillary powers of investigation of suspected offence

An authorized officer may-

   (a)  use such force as is reasonably necessary to enter any place or
        premises which he is empowered by section 10 or 11 to enter and
        search;

   (b)  use such force as is reasonably necessary to remove a person or thing
        obstructing him in the exercise of a power conferred or the
        performance of a duty imposed on him by section 10 or 11;

   (c)  detain a person found in any place or premises which he is empowered
        by section 10 or 11 to search until the premises or place has been
        searched;

   (d)  search the person and property and effects of a person whom he
        reasonably suspects of being guilty of an offence under this
        Ordinance, but no person shall be searched except by a person of the
        same sex or be searched in a public place if he objects to being so
        searched; and

   (e)  if there are reasonable grounds for believing that it is necessary for
        the purpose of carrying out his duties or for the effective
        enforcement of this Ordinance, require a person found in any place or
        premises which he is empowered to enter by section 10 or 11 to give
        details of his identity, name and address and produce evidence of his
        identity. (Added 26 of 1993 s. 4) (Enacted 1989)