PREVENTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY ORDINANCE 18 Section 7 7. Cap. 579 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— (a) any thing in a public place, 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 in a public place, that he suspects on reasonable grounds to be, or to contain, evidence of the commission of such an offence. 8. Obstruction (1) Any person who— (a) obstructs an authorized officer or an assisting officer in the exercise of any power conferred by this Ordinance (other than section 7); or (b) fails to comply with any reasonable requirement, direction or demand given or made by an authorized officer or an assisting officer in the execution of a warrant, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 5 and to imprisonment for 6 months. 9. (2) Any person who obstructs any police officer or member of the Customs and Excise Service in exercising a power conferred by section 7 commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 3 and to imprisonment for 6 months. Liability to forfeiture Last updated date 20.12.2003