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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JULY 22, 1932.
No. 474.
545
Hong Kong.
ORDINANCE No. 36 of 1931. (LIQUORS).
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 88 of the Liquors Ordinance, 1931, the Governor in Council makes the undermentioned regulations for the management of warehouses approved and appointed for the storing of the dutiable liquors of any specified person firm or body corporate :-
BONDED WAREHOUSES. (LIQUORS).
1. The approval and appointment of any premises as a warehouse for the storing of the dutiable liquors of any specified person firm or body corporate shall be for such period as the Governor in Council may prescribe and shall be revocable at any time without cause stated and every such approval and appointment shall be subject to the conditions set out in these regulations.
2. The General Bonded Warehouse Regulations published in Government Notification No. 548 of 1930 shall not apply to any premises so approved and appointed.
3. A fee of $250 shall be payable annually in advance by the person in charge for storage of dutiable liquors in any such premises.
4. A bond, with one or more sufficient sureties, or such other security as may be approved by the Colonial Treasurer, shall be given by the person firm or corporate body for the storage of whose dutiable liquors the premises are intended to be used.
Such bond or other security shall be conditioned or made to secure the payment of all duties assessed upon any dutiable liquors stored in the premises.
The amount of such bond or other security shall be in accordance with the following scale-
(a) When the premises have a floor area
not exceeding 12,000 square feet
.... $30,000
(b) When the premises have a floor area exceeding 12.000 square feet but not exceeding 30,000 square feet
(c) When the premises have a floor area
exceeding 30,000 square feet
$50,000
$100,000
5. The premises shall be fitted with such locks or other fastenings as the Superintendent may require, and such locks and fastenings shall be so arranged and the keys thereof be in such custody that no entry into the premises can be effected without the attendance of the Superintendent or a revenue officer.
6.-(a) The premises shall be lighted and ventilated in an efficient way to the satisfaction of the Superintendent.
(b) The premises shall be maintained in a good state of repair, and all doors, windows, bars, bolts, hinges, fastenings and locks shall be periodically examined and kept in good order, to the satisfaction of the Superintendent.
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