Power to enter ship and take account of spirits, etc

(1) Any officer may at any time, either by day or by night, go on board any ship in any port, river or creek of Belize, or within three miles of the coast thereof, and take an account of any spirits found on board such ship and demand and examine the permit or certificate or other prescribed document for the removal of such spirits and if any spirits are found on board of such ship without a permit or certificate, or do not correspond with the particulars set forth in the permit or certificate, such spirits are liable to forfeiture together with the ship, and the master of the ship is liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars. (2) Any officer may also in a like manner go on board any such ship and search for any distillery apparatus, and if any distillery apparatus is found, otherwise than in course of lawful conveyance, it shall be forfeited, together with the ship, and the master of the ship shall be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars.