THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JUNE 24, 1932.
No. 403.
Hong Kong.
ORDINANCE No. 36 of 1931 (LIQUORS).
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In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 88 (8) of the Liquors Ordinance, 1931, the Governor in Council makes the following regulations:---
1. Where, in the case of any educational, scientific or charitable institution, it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the Governor that the use of alcohol is required and that the use of methylated spirits or denatured alcohol is unsuitable or detrimental, the Governor may, if he thinks fit, authorise that institution to receive alcohol without payment of duty for use in the institution.
2. The authority granted under the preceding regulation shall be subject to compliance with these regulations and may at any time be withdrawn without cause stated.
3. The application for any such authority must be made by the governing body of the institution or their representa- tives and must state the purpose or purposes to which the alcohol is to be applied, the bulk quantity likely to be required in the course of a year and the name or names of one or more sureties who are prepared to join in a bond, if required, that the alcohol will be used solely for the purpose or purposes specified and within the institution.
4. The alcohol must be received in sealed vessels either from a distillery or from a general bonded warehouse and (except with special permission) in quantities of not less than eight bulk gallons at a time. It will be obtainable only on a requisition signed by the Superintendent of Imports and Exports.
5. On the arrival of the alcohol at the institution the Superintendent of Imports and Exports must be informed and the vessels containing it must not (except with his written consent) be opened until a revenue officer has taken an account of the contents.
6. The stock of alcohol in each institution must be kept under lock in a special compartment under the control of a responsible officer of the institution.
7. A stock book, showing, with particulars of dates, all quantities received and the purposes for which the alcohol has been used, shall be kept by each institution and this book and the stock on hand shall at all reasonable times be open to inspection by the Superintendent of Imports and Exports or by any European revenue officer authorised in writing by him.
8. The quantity of alcohol in stock at any one time must not exceed half the estimated quantity required in a year where that quantity amounts to twenty gallons or upwards.
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