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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, AUGUST 4, 1933.
HONG KONG.
No. 16 of 1933.
I assent.
W. PEEL,
L.S.
Governor.
Short title.
Substitution for Ordin- ance No. 7 of 1932, s. 13, as amended by Ordinance No. 36 of 1932.
Sale and possession
4th August, 1933.
An Ordinance to amend the law relating to Opium.
[4th August, 1933.]
BE it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Opium Amend- ment Ordinance, 1933.
2. Section 13 of the Opium Ordinance, 1932, as amended by the Opium Amendment Ordinance, 1932. is repealed and the following section is substituted therefor
13. (1) No person except the Superintendent or a of prepared person appointed by him under section 10 shall sell or offer
or expose for sale any prepared opium.
opium and
sale of
dross.
Amendment of Ordin-
ance No. 7 of 1932,
s. 15.
(2) No person except the Superintendent or a person appointed by him under section 10 shall have in his possession more than five taels of prepared opium.
(3) No prepared opium shall be sold or purchased other- wise than for cash.
(4) Except in the case of sales to the Superintendent. no person shall purchase, sell or expose for sale any opium dross.
3. Section 15 of the Opium Ordinance, 1932, is amended by the addition of the following sub-section at the end thereof :-
(3) No person being the owner or occupier of any premises, or having. or acting or assisting in, the management or control thereof, shall knowingly suffer any person to use the same as an opium divan.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 3rd day of August, 1933.
A. W. G. H. GRANTHAM,
Deputy Clerk of Councils.