Hong Kong Ordinances

MARINE FISH CULTURE ORDINANCE - SECT 19

Power of inspection and arrest

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) If the Director or an authorized officer has reasonable grounds for
suspecting that a person has committed or is about to commit an offence under
this Ordinance, he may, without warrant and on proof of his identity, stop the
person or, where the person is on board a vessel, stop and board the vessel
for the purposes of requiring that person to-

   (a)  give his name and address; and

   (b)  produce his proof of identity for inspection.

(2) A person who, without reasonable excuse, fails to give his name and
address or to produce his proof of identity when required to do so under
subsection (1) or gives a false or misleading name or address commits an
offence.

(3) The Director or an authorized officer may, without warrant, arrest a
person who-

   (a)  contravenes subsection (2); or

   (b)  is reasonably suspected to have committed or is about to commit an
        offence under section 6 or 11.

(4) If any person who may be arrested under this section forcibly resists the
endeavour to arrest him, or attempts to evade the arrest, the Director or an
authorized officer may use all means necessary to effect the arrest.

(5) Where the Director or an authorized officer arrests a person under this
section, he shall forthwith take the person to the nearest police station or
hand him over to the custody of a police officer to be dealt with in
accordance with the Police Force Ordinance ( Cap 232). (Replaced 13 of 2002 s.
5)