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Power to order war material to be seized and detained

Cap. 146, s. 5 · Revised Edition 2020

(1) Whenever it appears to the Minister that reasonable suspicion exists that any war material is intended or likely to be carried coastwise in Belize, exported or sold in contravention of any proclamation or Order, as the case may be, made under the provisions of any Part of this Act, it shall be lawful for the Minister to order that that war material shall be seized by police officers and detained. (2) For the purpose of executing any such order, any necessary force may be used, and buildings may be broken, entered and searched, both by day and night. Period for which

Amended by: 40 of 1963

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