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Prohibition
of import of loose opium.
Prohibition of posses- sion of loose opium.
General
Warehouses.
Licensed
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6.1.) No person shall import, or aid or abet the importation of any loose opium into the Colony.
(2.) No person, except the Superintendent, shall have in his possession any loose opium, provided that the provisions of this sub-section shall not apply to the possession of samples of raw opium not exceeding 10 lb. in weight the subject of a permit from the Superintendent.
7.-(1.) The Governor-in-Council may appoint premises to be called General Warehouses for the warehousing of raw opium.
(2.) The Superintendent may, with the approval of the warehouses. Governor, grant licences for the warehousing of raw opium in places, other than general war houses, to be specified in such licences and to be called Licensed Warehouses. The Governor may at any time cancel the licence of any such warehouse and thereupon all raw opium warehoused therein shall be removed as the Governor may direct.
Duties of master
before
landing raw opium.
Permit for landing raw opium.
Permit: how
8. No master of any ship shall allow any raw opium to be discharged from his ship except on production of a permit in Form No. 1 in the Schedule unless such raw opium is received by the person in charge of a general warehouse and forthwith stored in such warehouse.
9.-(1.) No person shall remove any raw opium from any ship, except for the purpose of taking it from the ship to a general warehouse, without a permit in Form No. 1 in the Schedule and except in accordance with the con- ditions in such permit contained.
(2.) Such permit may in his discretion be issued by the issued; form Superintendent upon receipt of a requisition în triplicate in
Form No. 1 of the Schedule.
of.
Production of material documents relating to raw opium to be landed,
Permit to export raw opium.
Permit : how
(3.) Before issuing any permit under the provisions of this section the Superintendent may demand the production of any invoices, shipping orders, bills of lading, certificates, permits or other documents relating to the raw opium in respect of which a requisition has been received and the person making the requisition shall on such demand produce the same.
10.-(1.) No person shall remove any raw opium for exportation without a permit in Form No. 2 in the Sche- dule and except in accordance with the conditions in such permit contained.
(2.) Such permit may in his discretion be issued by the issued; form Superintendent upon receipt of a requisition in triplicate in
Form No. 2 of the Schedule.
of.
Production of material documents, relating to raw opium to be exported.
Export to prohibition countries illegal.
Memoran-
dum of raw opium ex- ported to be furnished to master.
Permit for moving of raw opium within the Colony.
Permit: how
(3.) Before issuing any permit under the provisions of this section the Superintendent may demand the production of any invoices, shipping orders, bills of lading, certificates, permits or other documents relating to the raw opium in respect of which a requisition has been received and the person making the requisition shall on such demand pro- duce the same.
(4.) No person shall export or aid or abet the exporta- tion of any raw opium from the Colony, if such exportation shall have been notified in the Gazette in pursuance of any resolution of the Legislative Council as being illegal.
11. The Superintendent shall furnish the master of every ship carrying raw opium for export with a me- morandum containing the particulars set forth in Form No. 4 in the Schedule and no ship carrying raw opium shall depart from the Colony without such memorandum.
12.-(1.) No person shall move raw opium from one place to another within the Colony without a permit in Form No. 3 in the Schedule and except in accordance with the conditions in such permit contained.
(2.) Such permit may in his discretion be issued by the issued; form Superintendent upon receipt of a requisition in triplicate
in Form No. 3 in the Schedule.
of.
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