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REGULATION 8.—POWERS OF ARREST AND SEARCH.

(1) Any constable or officer of Customs or the master or any officer of any ship may arrest without warrant any person who commits or is reasonably suspected of having committed or of being about to commit an offence against these regulations.

(2) Any constable or officer of Customs may search and detain for the purpose of search any person, conveyance, package, or receptacle of any description found on or about any wharf or ship, and may for this purpose enter upon any wharf or ship.

REGULATION 9.—DELEGATION OF POWERS BY MINISTERS.

(1) Any Minister may from time to time, either generally or in respect of any particular area or in respect of any particular class of activity, delegate to any person any of his powers and functions under these regulations.

(2) Subject to the next succeeding clause, every person to whom any powers or functions are delegated under this regulation may, without confirmation by the Minister, exercise or perform them in the same manner and with the same effect as the Minister could himself have exercised or performed them.

(3) Every such person shall be subject to the control of the Minister by whom the delegation is made, and shall act in accordance with all directions, general or special, given to him by the Minister.

(4) Any delegation under this regulation may be made to a specified person or class of persons or to the holder or holders for the time being of a specified office or class of offices, whether in the Government service or in any of His Majesty’s Forces or otherwise.

REGULATION 10.—EXEMPTIONS.

(1) The Minister in charge of the Police Department may from time to time, by order in writing, grant complete or partial exemption from compliance with the provisions of these regulations or with any instruction, direction, restriction, requirement, or condition given or imposed under these regulations.

(2) Any order under this regulation may be at any time in like manner amended or revoked.

REGULATION 11.—GRANTING OF PERMITS AND EXEMPTIONS.

(1) Every person who applies to the Minister in Charge of the Police Department or to any other person for any permit or exemption under these regulations shall furnish such information and particulars as the Minister or other person may from time to time require.

(2) Subject to the provisions of these regulations, the Minister or other person, in his discretion, may refuse any such application, or may grant the application wholly or partly, and either unconditionally or upon or subject to such conditions as he thinks fit.

(3) Any permit or exemption granted under these regulations may be at any time revoked by the Minister (whether or not he granted it) or by the other person (if any) by whom it was granted, and any condition upon or subject to which any such permit or exemption is granted may from time to time be varied, revoked, or added to by the Minister or by the other person (if any) who grants the permit or exemption.

REGULATION 12.—OFFENCES.

Every person commits an offence against these regulations who—

(a) By any act or default, whether wilful or negligent, endangers the safety of any ship or of any cargo, passengers, or members of the crew of any ship:

(b) Being an owner, master, agent, or member of the crew of any ship, permits any person to commit an offence against these regulations in relation to that ship or negligently fails to prevent any person from committing any such offence:

(c) With intent to deceive, makes any false or misleading statement or any material omission in any communication with or application to the Minister in Charge of the Police Department or any other person (whether in writing or otherwise) for the purposes of these regulations:

(d) Resists, obstructs, or deceives any person who is exercising or attempting to exercise any power or function under these regulations: