Section 44, The Liquor Licensing Short title Ordinance

(1) No person shall bring on board any of Her Majesty'sships or vessels on, or near, the coast of Sierra Leone any intoxicating liquor without the previous consent of the officer commanding the ship or vessel. (2) Any officer in Her Majesty's service, or warrant or petty officer of the navy, or non-commissioned officer of marines, with or without seamen or persons under his command, may search any boat or vessel hovering about or approaching any of Her Majesty's ships or vessels, and, if any intoxicating liquor be found on board such boat or vessel, may seize such intoxicating liquor, and the same shall be forfeited to Her Majesty. (3) Any person who brings any intoxicating liquor on board any of Her Majesty's ships or vessels without such previous consent, or approaches or loiters in the vicinity of any of Her Majesty's ships or vessels for the purpose of bringing any intoxicating liquor on board the same, without such previous consent, or for the purpose of giving or selling, without such previous consent, intoxicating liquor to men in Her Majesty's service, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding ten pounds for every such offence. (4) Any officer in Her Majesty's service, or any wanant or petty officer of the navy, or non-commissioned officer of marines, or any constable, with or without any warrant or other process, may apprehend or cause to be apprehended any person so acting and bring him or cause him to be brought before a Magistrate for the purpose of having the offender summarily prosecuted therefor.