26. Section 68 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:
| (1) in sub-section (1) of that section-
| | (a) by the substitution for paragraph (b) of that sub-section, of the following new paragraph:-
| | | " (b) stop and search any person or any boat, vessel or vehicle and open any package or container found on such person or carried in such boat, vessel or vehicle; "; |
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| | (b) by the substitution, in paragraph (c) of that subsection, for the expression " this Ordinance; and ", of the expression " this Ordinance; "; | | |
| | (c) by the substitution, in paragraph (d) of that subsection, for all the words from " in evidence of his offence: " to " the Magistrate. ", of the words "' in evidence of his offence; ''; and | | |
| | (d) by the insertion, immediately after paragraph (d) of that subsection, of the following new paragraph:
| | | " (e) seize any boat, vessel, vehicle, gun, cartridge, knife, torch, battery, or any other article or equipment which appears to such officer to have been used in the commission of the offence, or which may be produced in evidence of the offence;"; and |
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| (2) by the repeal of sub-section (3) of that section, and the substitution therefor of the following new sub-section:
| | " (3) Any person who-
| | | (a) fails or refuses to stop any boat, vessel or vehicle when called upon to do so by a police officer or prescribed officer, or |
| (b) does not allow the search of any boat, vessel or vehicle by a police officer or prescribed officer, or |
| (c)refuse to be searched by, or obstructs or resists, or escapes or attempts to escape from the custody of, a police officer or prescribed officer acting under the provisions of this Ordinance, |
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