Hong Kong Ordinances

WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION (CONTROL OF PROVISION OF SERVICES) ORDINANCE - SECT 5

General powers of enforcement

Enforcement

Without prejudice to the powers conferred by section 6, any member of the 
Customs and Excise Service and any authorized officer may, for the purposes of
this Ordinance-

   (a)  stop, board and search any vessel, aircraft or vehicle;

   (b)  require the production or furnishing of any document which he suspects
        to be relevant to an offence under this Ordinance;

   (c)  examine and take copies of any document referred to in paragraph (b);

   (d)  require any information relating to any document referred to in
        paragraph (b) that is-

        (i)    contained in a computer in, on or accessible from the premises,
               place, vessel, aircraft or vehicle entered or boarded under
               this section; or

        (ii)   contained in any device found in or on the premises, place,
               vessel, aircraft or vehicle entered or boarded under this
               section and which is capable of being retrieved on a computer,
               to be produced on a computer in or on the premises, place,
               vessel, aircraft or vehicle in a visible and legible form, and
               examine the information;

   (e)  require any information described in paragraph (d) to be produced in a
        form in which it can be taken away and in which it is either visible
        and legible or capable of being retrieved on a computer;

   (f)  take away the copy so produced under paragraph (e);

   (g)  stop and search any person entering or leaving Hong Kong; but no
        person shall be searched except by a person of the same sex, or be
        searched in a public place if he objects to being so searched.