Hong Kong Regulations

UNITED NATIONS SANCTIONS (LEBANON) REGULATION - SECT 14

Investigation of suspected aircraft

Investigation, etc. of suspected aircraft

(1) If an authorized officer has reason to suspect that an aircraft to which
sections 4 and 5 apply has been, is being or is about to be used in
contravention of section 4(1), he may—

   (a)  either alone or accompanied and assisted by any person acting under
        his authority, board the aircraft and search it and, for that purpose,
        use or authorize the use of reasonable force; and

   (b)  request the charterer, operator or commander of the aircraft, or all
        of them, to provide such information relating to the aircraft and its
        cargo, and produce for his inspection such documents so relating and
        such cargo carried on it, as he may specify.

(2) If the aircraft referred to in subsection (1) is in the HKSAR, an
authorized officer may (either there and then or on consideration of any
information provided or document or cargo produced in response to a request
made under subsection (1)(b)) further request the charterer, operator or
commander, or all of them, to cause the aircraft and any of its cargo to
remain in the HKSAR until the charterer, operator or commander is, or (if the
further request is made to all of them) all of them are, notified by an
authorized officer that the aircraft and its cargo may depart.

(3) A power conferred by this section to request the provision of any
information or the production of any document or cargo for inspection includes
a power to—

   (a)  specify whether the information should be provided orally or in
        writing and in what form; and

   (b)  specify the time by which and the place in which the information
        should be provided or the document or cargo should be produced for
        inspection.