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L. S. NO. 2 TO GAZETTE NO. 19/2003
L.N. 113 of 2003
B1559
(a) any person on whom a fire hazard abatement notice is served;
(b) any person whom the Director or the member has reasonable grounds for suspecting as being the person by reason of whose wilful act, default or sufferance a fire hazard arose or continues; or
(c) any person whom the Director or the member has reasonable grounds for suspecting has committed, is about to commit or intends to commit an offence under this Regulation,

to give correct particulars of the person’s name and address and produce the person’s proof of identity to the Director or the member.

(2) The reference in subsection (1) to a person’s proof of identity is construed in accordance with the definition of “proof of identity” in section 17B(1) of the Immigration Ordinance (Cap. 115).

(3) A person who—

(a) without reasonable excuse, fails to comply as soon as reasonably practicable with a requirement of the Director or the relevant member made under subsection (1); or
(b) furnishes particulars which the person knows to be false in a material particular in connection with a requirement under subsection (1),

commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine at level 4.

22. Power to stop, board, search, of seizure etc.

(1) If an authorized officer has reasonable grounds for suspecting that an offence against section 17 or 18 has been, is about to be, or is intended to be, committed in respect of a motor vehicle or container, the authorized officer may—

(a) stop, board and search the motor vehicle; and
(b) enter and search the container.

(2) An authorized officer may seize, remove and detain a motor vehicle or container or any article or thing carried in, on or by the motor vehicle or contained in the container—

(a) with respect to which the authorized officer has reasonable grounds for suspecting that an offence against section 17 or 18 has been, is about to be, or is intended to be, committed; or
(b) which appears to the authorized officer likely to be, or to contain, evidence of the offence.

(3) An authorized officer in exercising his power under this section in respect of any motor vehicle or container may forcibly—

(a) board, enter and search the motor vehicle or container;
(b) remove any article or thing or any person obstructing the authorized officer in exercising the power;