Section 21
Power to seize, remove and detain
of Entertainment Ordinance, 2000
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The Chief Administrative Officer, any police officer not below the rank of Inspector or any authorized person exercising the power of entry and investigation under section 16 may seize, remove and detain any goods, equipment, document or any other thing which is used in the conduct of any entertainment in respect of which he reasonably believes to be or has been used in the commission of an offence under this Ordinance or its by-laws or to contain evidence relating to such an offence:
Provided that nothing in this section shall be deemed to affect the powers of a police officer under the Criminal Procedure Code [Act 593].
(2)
The Chief Administrative Officer, police officer not below the rank of Inspector or the authorized person seizing, removing or detaining any goods, equipment, document or any other thing under subsection (1) shall prepare a list thereof and forthwith deliver a copy of the list signed by him to the occupier or proprietor of the place of entertainment or his servant or agent present at such place:
Provided that a court, the Chief Administrative Officer or any police officer not below the rank of Superintendent, may release any thing so seized under this section upon the furnishing of a bond or security sufficient to cover the value of the goods, equipment, document or any other thing seized, or to produce such goods, equipment, document or any other thing in court as and when required.
(3)
Any goods, equipment, document or any other thing seized, removed or detained under subsection (1) may—
(a)
be dealt with or disposed of in accordance with by-laws made under section 31; or
(b)
be dealt with or disposed of in such manner as a court may order.
Things seized liable to forfeiture