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“233A.—(1) Where a sea fisheries protection officer has, in the exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 233, detained a boat and the persons on board the boat at a port, any sea fisheries protection officer who suspects that a person on board the boat has committed an offence under a provision of Chapter II or III of this Part shall (unless he is proceeding under section 234), as soon as may be, apply to a judge of the District Court for an order authorising the continued detention of the boat and those persons, and the said judge may grant an order authorising such detention for a period of 48 hours if he is satisfied that the applicant sea fisheries protection officer has such a suspicion as aforementioned.
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