8. Section 50 of the principal Act is hereby repealed and the following new section substituted therefor :-
| 50. It shall be lawful for any police officer irrespective of rank, or any authorized member of the Forces not below the rank of a corporal or leading seaman, to search any ship (not being an aircraft) in the territorial waters of Ceylon, and to arrest and take into custody any person on board such ship who is suspected of the commission of any offence under section 45 (1) (a), section 45 (2) in so far as it relates to section 45 (1) (a), or section 45A. ". |
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