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KARAOKE ESTABLISHMENTS ORDINANCE with such assistants as may be necessary, at any time to search for, seize and remove for further examination or testing any such thing in the karaoke establishment or the premises specified in the warrant.

(4) Where any thing is seized and removed under subsection (3) and no prosecution is instituted in respect of the suspected offence to which the thing relates within 6 months after the day of its seizure and removal, the authorized public officer or the Commissioner of Police or the authorized police officer shall return or arrange for the return of the thing to the operator of the karaoke establishment concerned or the person from whom it was seized and removed, as the case may be.

15. Licensing authority may direct remedial works

(1) The licensing authority may, in respect of any karaoke establishment in respect of which a permit or a licence has been granted or issued, by notice in writing, give such directions as appear to him to be required to secure that—
 * (a) the conditions of the permit or the licence, as the case may be, are complied with; or
 * (b) the provisions of this Ordinance are complied with.

(2) The licensing authority may, in respect of any other karaoke establishment, by notice in writing, give such directions as appear to him to be required to secure that—
 * (a) the safety of persons using the karaoke establishment is promoted in a proper manner;
 * (b) adequate apparatus and equipment required as safeguards against fire or other hazard are provided in the karaoke establishment; and
 * (c) the provisions of this Ordinance are complied with.

(3) A notice under this section shall—
 * (a) be served on the person being the operator, keeper, manager or otherwise having control of the karaoke establishment; and
 * (b) indicate a period within which the directions shall be complied with.

16. Order for closure and cessation of use of premises as a karaoke establishment

(1) Where it is proved to the satisfaction of the District Court on the sworn information of the licensing authority that—
 * (a) not less than 24 hours’ notice in writing of his intention to swear the information was served by the licensing authority on the person being the operator, keeper, manager or otherwise having control of the karaoke establishment; and