Hong Kong Regulations

FIRE SERVICES (FIRE HAZARD ABATEMENT) REGULATION - SECT 22

Power to stop, board, search, of seizure etc.

(1) If an authorized officer has reasonable grounds for suspecting that an
offence against section 17 or 18 has been, is about to be, or is intended to
be, committed in respect of a motor vehicle or container, the
authorized officer may-

   (a)  stop, board and search the motor vehicle; and

   (b)  enter and search the container.

(2) An authorized officer in exercising his power under subsection

(1) may seize, remove and detain a motor vehicle or container or any
article or thing carried in, on or by the motor vehicle or contained in the
container- (L.N. 185 of 2003)

   (a)  with respect to which the authorized officer has reasonable grounds
        for suspecting that an offence against section 17 or 18 has been, is
        about to be, or is intended to be, committed; or

   (b)  which appears to the authorized officer likely to be, or to contain,
        evidence of the offence.

(3) An authorized officer in exercising his power under subsection

(1) in respect of any motor vehicle or container may forcibly- (L.N. 185 of
2003)

   (a)  board, enter and search the motor vehicle or container;

   (b)  remove any article or thing or any person obstructing the
        authorized officer in exercising the power;

   (c)  detain any person who has control of the motor vehicle or container;
        and

   (d)  prevent any person from approaching or boarding the motor  vehicle, or
        approaching or entering the container.

(4) A person who, without reasonable excuse, resists, obstructs or delays an
authorized officer in the exercise of the power conferred by this section
commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine at level 3 and
to imprisonment for 6 months.

(5) In this section-

"authorized officer" (獲授權人員) means-

   (a)  a scheduled member;

   (b)  a member of the Customs and Excise Service in Schedule 1 to the
        Customs and Excise Service Ordinance ( Cap 342); or

   (c)  a police officer.

"authorized officer" (獲授權人員)