Cap. 43 Art. 3Powers of Police.

(1) It shall be lawful for any Police officer to seize any quantity of coal less than five tonnes in weight, in any case in which there are grounds for suspecting that the possession of such coal was acquired unlawfully.

(2) In any such case the coal and any boat or vehicle containing the same shall be forfeited, unless the person claiming such coal, on a summons issued against the Commissioner of Police, before the Court of Magistrates, within seven days from the seizure, proves to the satisfaction of that court that he is the lawful owner of the coal, or that he came lawfully in possession thereof: Provided that, in default of such proof, any other person who shall satisfy the Commissioner of Police that he is the lawful owner or possessor of the coal seized as aforesaid, shall be entitled to the restitution thereof.

(3) Any person acting in contravention of article 2 shall, on conviction, be liable to the punishments established for contraventions; and in any such case the court may also order the forfeiture of the boat or other vehicle or of the implements made use of in connection with such contravention.

*See Proclamation No. XVIII of 1915.

(2) Such licence shall remain in force until the 3lst December of the year in which it is issued, unless it is previously cancelled by the Commissioner of Police by order of the Minister responsible for the Police.

(3) The Commissioner of Police shall have power to refuse such licence to persons of suspected character.

(4) The licence shall specify the place in which the licensee may carry on his trade, and shall contain such other conditions as the Commissioner of Police may deem expedient to impose for the protection of the owners of coal.

(5) The limitation of the areas in which licensed coal-dealers shall be permitted to carry on their trade, shall be at the discretion of the Commissioner of Police.