INLAND POST
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DEFINITIONS
The term money means and includes
{
(1) Coin; and
(2) Paper money.
The term coin means and includes coins of all kinds, whether or not current in the Colony of Hong Kong or elsewhere.
The term paper money means and includes:
(1) Notes of the Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation, or any bank of issue in the Colony of Hong Kong, and notes current in any British possession or foreign state;
(2) Money orders and postal orders;
(3) Unobliterated postage or revenue stamps; (4) Exchequer bills, bank post bills, bills of ex- change, promissory notes, cheques, credit notes which entitle the holder to money or goods, and all orders and authorities for the payment of money, whether negotiable or not; and
(5) Bonds, coupons and securities for money, whe-
ther negotiable or not.
The term jewellery means and includes:-
}.
(1) Gold, silver or platinum or other precious metal in a manufactured state; that is to say, a state in which value is added to the raw material by skilled workmanship, and in this definition are included any coins used or designed for purposes of ornament;
(2) Diamonds and precious stones;
(3) Watches the cases of which are entirely or mainly composed of gold, silver or platinum or other precious metal, and
(4) Any article of a like nature which apart from workmanship, has an intrinsic or marketable value.