THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 3, 1909.
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13. In the event of the arrival at or departure from the Cuse of Colony of any steamship carrying raw opium when the steamship Superintendent's office is closed or may be closed before arriving or application for a permit can be made, it shall be lawful for departing the agent of such steamship to land or ship any raw opium hours. which is entered on the ship's manifest without a permit, and to deliver any raw opium so landed to the owner or consignee thereof or to keep the same in his own custody, but, so soon thereafter as the Superintendent's office is opened, the said agent shall apply for the necessary permit and furnish the requisite particulars.
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14. In the event of the departure from the Colony of Sending of any steamship bound for a port in China carrying raw telegram to opium, before application for an export permit can be made, ustoms (in the circumstan es stated in the last preceding section), ship departs the Superintendent shall, on receipt of the requisite parti without culars, telegraph the same at the expense of the exporter permit. to the Commissioner of Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs at the port of destination, and forward, as soon as practic- able, the memorandum provided for in section 11 of this Ordinance to the said Commissioner.
15. The master of any ship departing from the Colony Penalty on without the memorandum required by section 11 of this master de- Ordinance (except in the ease provided for by section 13) parting shall, on summary conviction before a Magistrate, be liable memoran- to a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars.
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16. Except as provided in section 13 of this Ordinance, Movements no removal or movement of raw opium whatever wider of raw opium sections 10 and 12 of this Ordinance shall be allowed under ss. 10 between the hours of 6 p.m. and 6 a,m, from October to March, inclusive, or between the hours of 7 p.m. and 5 a.m. from April to September, inclusive, unless the requisition mentioned in the said sections so states and unless the Superintendent in his discretion, in and by the permits mentioned in the said sections, so directs.
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17. Every person who offends against or does not comply Penalty and with any of the provi-ions of sections 9, 10, 12, 13 and 16 forfeiture for of this Ordinare shall, on summary conviction before # Magistrate, be liable to a penalty not exceeding five hundred certain dollars, and any row opium imported, exported, stored, or sections. moved, or a empted to be imported, exported, stored, or moved, contrary to the provisions of any of the foregoing sections shali ie seized and may be forfeited.
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18.-(1.) Every importer of raw opium and person storing Keeping of the same shall kee › a register, in such form as the Governor register by may require showing the number of chests imported or importer and stored by him au how and to whom they were disposed of.
(2.) Marks and Government numbers in the case of Bengal opium shall be given, and such other marks or numbers, in the case of other sorts of raw opium, as the Superinte: dent may require to be placed upon them.
(3.) Every offence for nou-compliance with the require- quents of thi se tion shall be punishable with a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars.
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19.—(1.) Ti e Superintendent or his deputy shall be at Power to liberty at any time, and as often as he may think fit, to de- Superintend- mand in writing from every person having any raw opium demand from in his possession, custody, or control an account in writing holder of of the raw opum so held at the time of such demand, and, opium in the case of nests, the marks and numbers, and the account of Superintendent or his deputy shall be at liberty at any time stock. to enter e oreai-es where such raw opium is and to inspect the same,
(2.) Every person who refuses to give such account or, without reasonable cause shown, to permit such entry, or gives a false or incorrect accommt, shall, on summary con- viction before a Magistrate, be liable to a penalty t exceeding fiv hundred dollars, in addition to any other penalty which may be recoverable under the terins and conditions mentioned in section 4 of this Ordinance.
20. If any row opium is found, on a search authorized Search for under this dinam é, to have been imported contrary to the deficiency
of opium. provisions of this Ordinance, or to be missing from the place in which it was stored on importation or from the place where, according to the permit, it ought to be found stored,
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