Hong Kong Ordinances

PROTECTION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS ORDINANCE - SECT 33

Power of entry into place or premises

(1) If it is shown to the satisfaction of a magistrate on information on oath
that there is in any place or premises any thing liable to seizure, or any
thing likely to be or to contain evidence of an offence under Part 2 or 3, the
magistrate may by warrant authorize any authorized officer to enter, by force
if necessary, and search the place or premises.

(2) An authorized officer entering any place or premises under subsection (1)
may take with him such persons as may be necessary, and on leaving any
unoccupied place or premises that he has entered shall leave the place or
premises as effectually secured against trespassers as he found them to be at
the time of entry.

(3) A warrant issued under subsection (1) continues in force until the purpose
for which the entry is necessary has been satisfied.