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294. Would you bo in favour of giving the police Hon. 

 more power to search for stolen feathers without K.c. a M P L?A. 

 warrants in cases where they have strong sus- 

 picion ? The police at the present moment have Al 



the right to search on a warrant if they have 

 reasonable belief that the stolen feathers are there. 

 The only other thing you. could do is to give the 

 police the right to search although he has not 

 reasonable evidence ; but 'what is the objection to 

 the police getting a warrant if they have suspicion ? 



295. Because by the time they got back to the 

 party concerned the feathers would be got rid of, 

 and there would be no possibility of tracing them ? 

 Under the Bill you can call upon any buyers to 

 show feathers. 



296. I mean private individuals and servants ? 

 In that case you would have to alter the general 

 law, because it is not only with regard to feathers, 

 but also sheep skins, and I would like to consider 

 the question from a broader point of view than 

 ostrich feathers only. 



297. You have some objection to that ? I do not 

 think you should deal with it partly. You should 

 alter the general law, but it is a dangerous thing to 

 do. 



298. Under the present Act, has a licence holder 

 power to engage an agent to act for him ? All 

 people who have licences can have agents for in- 

 stance a shopkeeper gets a retail licence, and you 

 cannot prevent an assistant serving over the 

 counter as long as it is done in the name of the 

 holder of the licence and what the assistant does 

 in his name, binds him ; but I think it would be 

 a good thing if no assistant were allowed to buy 

 feathers unless he had written authority from his 

 master. 



299. Do the police ever inspect the registers 

 which are kept at the present time ? I should not 

 think very often. In Port Elizabeth they may. 

 but I have no knowledge of what they do with re- 

 gard to that. 



