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PREVENTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY ORDINANCE (3) An authorized officer or an assisting officer may, at any time of the day or night—
 * (a) enter and search any premises or place named in the warrant; or
 * (b) stop, board and search any vessel, aircraft or vehicle named in the warrant.

(4) An authorized officer or an assisting officer may seize, remove and detain—
 * (a) any thing in respect of which he suspects on reasonable grounds that an offence under section 3 has been or is being or is about to be committed; and
 * (b) any thing that he suspects on reasonable grounds to be, or to contain, evidence of the commission of such an offence.

(5) In this section—

“aircraft” (飛機) does not include a military aircraft;

“vehicle” (車輛) does not include a military vehicle;

“vessel” (船隻) does not include a ship of war or a ship having the status of a ship of war.

6. Ancillary powers of officers under warrants

An authorized officer or an assisting officer may, in relation to his powers under a warrant—
 * (a) use such force as is reasonably necessary to enter and search any premises or place that he is empowered to enter and search;
 * (b) use such force as is reasonably necessary to stop, board and search any vessel, aircraft or vehicle that he is empowered to stop, board and search;
 * (c) use such force as is reasonably necessary to remove any person or thing obstructing him in the exercise of those powers;
 * (d) detain any person found in or on any premises, place, vessel, aircraft or vehicle that he is empowered to enter, or board, and search until it has been searched; and
 * (e) prevent any person from approaching, boarding or leaving any vessel, aircraft or vehicle that he is empowered to board and search until it has been searched.

7. Seizure by police officer or member of Customs and Excise Service

In addition to any power he may have under section 5, any police officer or member of the Customs and Excise Service may seize, remove and detain—