REVENUE OFFICERS POWER OF ARREST ORDINANCE, 1917

REVENUE OFFICERS POWER OF ARREST ORDINANCE, 1917

No. 6 of 1916, repealed by No. 3 Of 1934.

No. 7 of 1916, repealed by No. 5 Of 1924.

No. 8 of 1916, incotporated in No. 25 Of 1914.

No. 9 of 1916, repealed by No. 8 of 1937.

No. 10 of 1916, repealed by No. 39 Of 1931.

No. 11 of 1916, repealed by No. 2 Of 1917.

No. 12 of 1916, repealed by Law Revision
Ordinance, 1939, Supp. Sched.

No. 13 of 1916, inco7Porated in No. 5 of 1901,
repealed by No. 18 Of 1934.

No. 14 and 15 of 1916, repealed by No. 5 of 1924.

1917.

No. 1 of 1917, incoTporated in No. 12 Of 1916.

No. 2 of 19 17.

An Ordinance to consolidate and amend the law relating to the
. poweis of arrest possessed by revenue officers.

[16th March, 1917.]

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Revenue Officers
Power of Arrest Ordinance, 1917.





2. In this Ordinance, ' revenue officer ' includes every
person appointed to act as a revenue officer under the provisions
of any enactment specified in the First Schedule.

3.-(1) Any revenue officer may arrest without'. warrant any
person found or reasonably suspected of committing or attempt-
ing to commit, or employing, aiding or assisting any person to
commit any offence against, or of the unlawful possession of any
article liable to forfeiture under, the provisions of any enactment
speffied in the Second Schedule, and shall forthwith take any
person so arrested to a police station, or first to the office of
the Superintendent. of Imports and Exports for directions and-
then to a police station, to be brought before a magistrate and
dealt with according to law.

(2) The powers conferred by this Ordinance shall be in
addition to those conferred by any other enactment.

4.. Itshall be lawful for the Governor in Council to amend
the Schedules to this Ordinance in any manner whatsoever.

5. Every person who, not being a revenue officer, takes or
assumes the name, designation or character of such officer for
the purpose of thereby obtaining admission into any house or
other place, or of doing or procuring to be done any act which
he would not be entitled to do or procure to be done of his own
authority, or for any other unlawful purpose, shall, in addition
to any other punishment to which he may be liable for the
offence, be liable on summary. conviction to a fine not exceeding
two hundred and fifty dollars and to imprisonment for any term
not exceeding six months.

FIRST SCHEDULE. [s. 2.]
No. of
Ordinance. Short title.
36 of 1931. Dutiable Commodities Ordinance, 1931.
7 of 1932.Opium Ordinance, 1932.

As amended by Ordinances Nos. 32 of 1930 [12.12.30], 36 of1931
[1.1.32], 39 of 1931 [18.12.31] and Law Rev. Ord., 1939, Supp. Sched.
As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1939, Supp. Sched.





SECOND SCHEDULE. [s. 3 (1).]

No. of
Ordinance. Short title.
1 of 1873. Dangerous Goods Ordinance, 1873.
11 of 1886. Ships (,Prohibition of Sale of Liquor) Ordinance, 1886.
2 of 1891. Gambling Ordinance, 1891.
11 of 1912. Foreign Copper Coin Ordinance, 1912.
15 of 1913. Foreign Silver and Nickel Coin Ordinance, 1913.
32 of 1915. Importation and Exportation Ordinance, 1915.
7 of 1926. Post Office Ordinance, 1926.
86 of 1931. Dutiable Commodities Ordinance, 1931.
7 of 1932. Opium Ordinance, 1932.

2 of 1933. Arms and Ammunition Ordinance, 19133.
8 of 1937. Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance, M7.

No. 3 of 1917, incorporated in No. 31 Of 1911.

No. 4 of 1917, repealed by No. 12 Of 1918.

. Nos. 5 and 6 of 1917, repealed by No. 11 of 1937.

No. 7 of 1917, repealed by No. 5 of 1924.

No. 8 of 1917, incorporated in No. 9 of, 1916,
repealed by No. 8 of 1937.

No. 9 of 1917, incorporated in No. 6 of .1901

As amended by Ordinances Nos. 32 of 1930 [12.12.301, 36 of1931
[1.1.32],, 30 of 1931 [18.12.31], 8 of 1937 [1.1.38] and Law Rev.
Ord.. 1939, Supp. Sched..
[1.6.34.] [1.1.38.] [18.12.31.] [Originally No. 2 of 1917. No. 32 of 1930. No. 36 of 1931. No. 39 of 1931. No. 8 of 1937. Law Rev. Ord., 1939.] Short title. Interpretation [cf.No. 32 of 1935, s. 29.] First Schedule. Oower of arrest.* Second Schedule. Power to amend Schedules. Unlawful assumption of character of revenue officer. 53 & 54 Vict. C. 21, s. 12.* [30.7.37.]

[1.6.34.] [1.1.38.] [18.12.31.] [Originally No. 2 of 1917. No. 32 of 1930. No. 36 of 1931. No. 39 of 1931. No. 8 of 1937. Law Rev. Ord., 1939.] Short title. Interpretation [cf.No. 32 of 1935, s. 29.] First Schedule. Oower of arrest.* Second Schedule. Power to amend Schedules. Unlawful assumption of character of revenue officer. 53 & 54 Vict. C. 21, s. 12.* [30.7.37.]

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