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(3) In any prosecution under this section the onus of proof that possession of any sand is under the authority of this Ordinance shall rest upon the person so removing or found in possession of sand.
8. All proceeds from the sale of sand under the authority Proceeds to of this Ordinance shall be paid into the general revenues of govt the Colony.
revenue.
9. This Ordinance shall come into force on such date Commence- as may be fixed by Proclamation of the Governor.
ment.
Objects and Reasons.
1. The main purpose of this Ordinance is to conserve the Colony's sand deposits which have recently become depleted chiefly through unauthorised removal, it being extremely difficult to exercise effective control over junks engaged in the sand trade.
2. Clause 3 therefore vests in the Governor the exclusive privilege of collecting, storing and selling sand from beaches or unleased land in the Colony.
Clause 4 empowers the Governor to prescribe the measures necessary for the working of the monopoly.
By Clause 5 the Director of Public Works is authorised to issue permits for the collection and removal of sand, it being intended that a small fleet of junks shall be engaged, given distinctive marks and employed solely in sand carrying for the Government.
Clause 6 prohibits the carriage of sand by water except by ocean going steamers even although the sand may have come from outside the Colony.
Clause 7 is penal, Clause 8 requires all proceeds from the sale of sand to be paid into revenue and Clause 9 suspends the commencement of the Ordinance.
R. E. LINDSELL,
Attorney General,
August, 1934.