Inspection
of licensed premises and
accounts.
Superin-
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(2.) Every person licensed under the provisions of this section shall at all times admit to all parts of his licensed premises the Superintendent and any person deputed by him in writing and any revenue or police officer and shall permit inspection of his books and stock by any of such officers.
21. The Superintendent may, in his discretion, grant tendent may licences to suitable persons to collect or to purchase opium dross or halan but subject to such conditions as may be approved by the Governor-in-Council.
grant licences
to collect opium dross or halan.
Preparation of opium or import of prepared opium
confined to Superin- tendent.
Possession of prepared or dross opium other than that prepared by Government prohibited.
Onus of proof as to nature of prepared or dross opium.
Report by
ent that
22. No person except the Superintendent shall prepare opium within the Colony or import into the Colony any prepared opium,
23.-(1) No person except the Superintendent shall have in his possession any prepared opium other than Government prepared opium or any dross opium other than Government dross opium.
(2.) The onus of proof that any prepared opinm is Government prepared opium or that any dross opium is Government dross opium shall rest upon the person alleg- ing the same.
(3.) A report signed by the Superintendent that he is Superintend- satisfied by analysis that any prepared opium is not Gov. ernment prepared opium or that any dross opium is not Government dross opium or that any opium dross or halan is not opium dross or halan resulting from smoking Government prepared opium or Government dross opium shall be conclusive evidence of the facts stated therein and neither the Superintendent nor the Analyst who made such analysis shall be cross-examined with regard to the contents of such report.
analysis of prepared or dross opium or opium dross or halan is not of Govern-
ment origin conclusive evidence.
Sale of
prepared or dross opium confined to Superintend-
ent and licensees.
Sale of
prepared or dross opium
to female
or young person prohibited.
Prohibition of sale of dross opium or halan except to Superin- tendent or licensees and of re-prepara- tion of the
same,
Possession of
other than
24. No person except the Superintendent or a person licensed by him shall sell or offer or expose for sale any prepared opium or any dross opium.
25. No person shall sell any prepared opium or dross opium to any female or to any person under 16 years of
age.
20. No
person shall
(a.) sell or offer for sale any opium dross or halan except to the Superintendent or to a person licensed by him ;
(b.) subject opium dross or halan to artificial heat or other process with a view to re-preparing it for use.
27. No person shall have in his possession any opium dross or halan except such as results from smoking Government Government prepared opium or Government dross opium.
prepared
opium or
dross opium
prohibited.
Limitation
28. No person other than a person licensed under section of quantity 21 shall have in his possession more than 2 taels of opium
dross or halan,
of opium
dross or
halan allowed in possession of
private person.
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