122 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 21, 1913.
Repeal of section 9 and substitution of new sec- tion therefor.
General warehouses.
Licensed warehouses.
Opium Far-
mer's boiling establish-
ment a licensed warehouse.
Regulations as to man- agement of warehouses.
Repeal of section 10
and substitu. tion of new section therefor.
Duties of master
before landing raw opium.
Repeal of section 11
and substitu- tion of new section
therefor.
Permit for landing raw opium.
Permits: how issued; form of.
Conditions
of permit to land certain kinds of raw opium.
Production
of certificate
of destina-
tion for
China.
Repeal of
sections 12, 13, 14, 15
and 16 and
substitution of other sections therefor.
(b.) by the repeal of section 9 thereof and by the substitution therefor of the following section:-
9.-(1.) The Governor-in-Council may appoint pre- mises to be called General Warehouses for the warehousing of raw opium, (2.) The Superintendent may, with the approval of the Governor, grant licences for the warehousing of raw opium in places, other than General Warehouses, to be specified in such licences and to be called Licensed Warehouses. The Governor may at any time cancel the licence of any such ware- house and thereupon all raw opium ware- housed therein shall be removed as the Governor may direct.
(3.) The boiling establishment of the Opium Farmer shall be deemed to be a Licensed Warehouse.
(4.) The Governor-in-Council shall have power to make regulations to regulate the man- agement of General Warehouses and to egulate the licensing and management for Licensed Warehouses.
(c.) by the repeal of section 10 thereof and by the
substitution therefor of the following section :-
10. No master of any ship shall allow any raw opium to be discharged from bis ship except on production of a permit in Form No. 3 in Schedule A unless such raw opium is received by the person in charge of a General Warehouse and forthwith stored in such Warehouse."
(d.) by the repeal of section 11 thereof and by the
substitution therefor of the following section :---
"11.-(1.) No person shall remove any raw opium from any ship, except for the purpose of taking it from the ship to a General Ware- house, without a permit in Form No. 3 in Schedule A and except in accordance with the conditions contained in such permit. (2.) Such permit may in his discretion be issued by the Superintendent upon receipt of a requisition in Form No. 2 in the said Schedule and such permit shall be exhibited to the Opium Farmer or his agent and shall be signed by the Opium Farmer or his agent and shall not be used or acted upon until it has been so signed.
(3.) In the case of any raw opium other than Indian opium certified for the China market the Superintendent may before- issuing a permit make it a condition of such permit that the raw opium in question is to be placed in a General or Liceused Warehouse.
(4.) In the case of raw opium certified for the China market the Superintendent may before issuing a permit demand the pro- duction of the certificate covering such opium."
(e.) by the repeal of sections 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 thereof and by the substitution therefor of the following sections :---
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