(2) Any person who—
- (a) when requested under paragraph (a) of subsection (1) to render assistance, without reasonable excuse neglects or fails to render such assistance; or
- (b) obstructs or resists any police officer or Crown servant in the exercise of the powers of entry and search conferred by paragraph (b) of subsection (1),
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of twenty thousand dollars and to imprisonment for one year.
Further powers of search and seizure. 17. (1) If it appears to the Attorney General, or to the Director, that there is reasonable cause to believe that in any place other than an office, registry or other room of or used by a public body there is any document or thing containing any evidence of the commission of an offence under this Ordinance, the Attorney General or the Director may, by warrant directed to any police officer, empower such police officer to enter such place, by force if necessary, and there to search for, seize and detain any such document or thing.
(2) Without prejudice to any other law relating to entry and search, the chambers of counsel or the office of a solicitor are not subject to entry and search under this section or any warrant issued under this section except in the course of investigating an offence under this Ordinance alleged or suspected to have been committed by that counsel or that solicitor, as the case may be, or by his clerk or any servant employed by him in such chambers or office.
(3) Any person who obstructs or resists the Director or any police officer in the exercise of the powers of entry and search under this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of twenty thousand dollars and to imprisonment for one year.
Bail from persons about to leave Hong Kong after commencement of investigations.
18. (1) If, in the course of an investigation of an offence alleged or suspected to have been committed by any person under this Ordinance, it appears to the Director that such person is preparing or about to leave Hong Kong, the Director, or any gazetted police officer or Crown servant authorized in that behalf by the Director, may apply to a magistrate for a warrant for the apprehension of such person and his production before a magistrate; and where, on any such application, it is made to appear to the magistrate upon the oath of any person that there is reasonable cause to believe that the person whose apprehension is sought is preparing or about to leave Hong Kong and that,