60. The following new sections are hereby inserted immediately after section 66B of the principal enactment and shall have effect as sections 66C and 66D of that enactment:
| 66C.
| | (1) It shall be lawful for an officer of the Department of Wild Life Conservation or police officer or prescribed officer-
| | | (a) to require any person possessing, carrying or using a gun to produce the licence issued in respect of such gun under any written law; |
| (b) to enter and search any premises in which he has reasonable grounds for believing, that any person is manufacturing, selling, repairing or has in his possession any unlicensed gun; |
| (c) to stop and search any boat, vessel or conveyance in which he suspects that any unlicensed gun is being carried; |
| (d) to take into custody any unlicensed gun and produce such gun at the nearest police station or divisional secretariat. |
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| | (2) Any person who-
| | | (a) fails to produce a licence in respect of any gun in his possession; or |
| (b) refuses to allow the search of any premises ; or |
| (c) fails or refuses to stop any boat, vessel or conveyance when called upon to do so by an officer referred to in subsection (1), in contravention of the provisions of subsection (1), |
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| 66D.
| | (1) Where any road is constructed within the boundaries of any National Reserve by any other agency, it shall be lawful for the Director or any officer of the Department of Wild Life Conservation to-
| | | (a) erect barriers on any such road or any part of such road at any point within such National Reserve, in order to exercise control over access to the Reserve ; |
| (b) make such arrangements as may be necessary for the opening and closing of such barriers, to facilitate access to, and from, such Reserve ; |
| (c) stop and search, at such barriers, or on any read or part thereof any vehicle suspected to be connected with the commission of any offence under this Ordinance. |
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| | (2) No person shall, at any barrier erected under subsection (1) or on any road or part thereof within a National Reserve, fail to stop any vehicle when called upon to do so or fail to obey any direction lawfully given by the Director or other officer under subsection (1), and any person who fails to stop when so called upon or to obey any direction so given shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not less than five thousand rupees and not exceeding ten thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a term not less than two years and not exceeding five years or to both such fine and imprisonment.". | | |
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