Hong Kong Ordinances

HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS CONTROL ORDINANCE - SECT 33

Power to enter any premises, etc. in other cases

(1) Where a warrant has been issued under section 34 in respect of any
premises, an authorized officer may enter the premises and exercise any or all
of the following powers—

   (a)  to stop and search any person found at the premises whom he reasonably
        believes to have committed or is committing an offence under
        section 6, 7, 8 or 9;

   (b)  to require the production of, inspect and examine—

        (i)    any thing that is or he reasonably believes to be a scheduled
               chemical; or

        (ii)   any thing that contains or he reasonably believes to contain
               any such chemical, including any thing that he reasonably
               believes to have any such chemical as its part;

   (c)  to require the production or provision of, inspect and examine—

        (i)    any permit or other document to which any scheduled chemical
               relates, including any document that relates to the origin or
               nature of such chemical; and

        (ii)   any other document or information or any other thing that he
               reasonably believes to be or contain evidence of the commission
               of an offence under section 6, 7, 8 or 9;

   (d)  to take and make copies of any permit, document and information
        referred to in paragraph (c);

   (e)  to seize, remove and detain any thing that he reasonably believes to
        be or contain evidence of the commission of an offence under
        section 6, 7, 8 or 9.

(2) A person commits an offence if he—

   (a)  without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with a requirement made
        under subsection (1)(b) or (c); or

   (b)  wilfully obstructs an authorized officer in the exercise of any power
        conferred under subsection (1).

(3) A person who commits an offence under subsection (2) is liable on
conviction to a fine at level 3 and to imprisonment for 6 months.