Hong Kong Regulations

UNITED NATIONS SANCTIONS (LEBANON) REGULATION - SECT 19

Power of authorized officers to enter and detain vehicles

(1) Without prejudice to section 18, if an authorized officer has reason to
suspect that a request that has been made under section 17(1)(c) may not be
complied with, he may take such steps as appear to him to be necessary to
secure compliance with that request and, without prejudice to the generality
of the foregoing, may for that purpose—

   (a)  enter, or authorize the entry on, any land and enter, or authorize the
        entry into, the vehicle concerned;

   (b)  detain, or authorize the detention of, that vehicle and any article
        carried on it; and

   (c)  use, or authorize the use of, reasonable force.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), subsection (1) does not authorize the detention
of any vehicle for more than 12 hours.

(3) The Commissioner may, by order in writing signed by him, authorize the
detention of a vehicle referred to in subsection (1) for further periods of
not more than 12 hours each, and any such order shall state the times from
which and for which the order shall be effective.